floe

pronunciation

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  • n.
    大浮冰,浮殡冰块

Word Origin

floe 浮冰

来自PIE*pele, 平的,展开,词源同flagstone, flat, plan. 用来指浮冰。

Example

1. Somehow the seal manages to reach a tiny ice floe .
不知何故,海豹设法到达了一块小浮冰上。
2. Canadian teenager jupi nakoolak is spotted after three days adrift on an ice floe in hudson bay .
加拿大少年那库拉克在哈德逊湾一块浮冰上漂流三天之后被人发现。
3. Two crew members parachuted on to a larger floe , and then crawled on their bellies to reach him .
两名搜救成员用降落伞落到一块更大的浮冰上,然后匍匐着去够他。
4. At one point an ice floe the team 's tent was moored on broke apart , although no one was injured .
有一次,队伍帐篷所在的浮冰破裂,所幸无人受伤。
5. The extracted core has a thermal inertia which allows readings to be taken a short time after it was taken from the ice floe .
提取的冰芯具有热惰性,因此科学家把它从浮冰上取下之后不久能提取到读数。

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