| 单词 | glacial |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['gleisjəl] |
| 解释 | a.冰期的，冰河期的；寒冷的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 冰期的,冰河期的(of the Ice Age);寒冷的(very cold) 【考】 glacial : cold / profound : deep(极冷是很冷/极深是 很深) 【记】 glaci(冰)+al |
| 字源 | glacial (adj.) 1650s, "cold, icy," from French glacial, from Latin glacialis "icy, frozen, full of ice," from glacies "ice," probably from PIE root *gel- "cold" (cognates: Latin gelu "frost;" see cold (adj.)). Geological sense apparently coined in 1846 by British naturalist Edward Forbes (1815-1854). Related: Glacially. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 冰期的; 寒冷的; (象冰河一样)运动极慢的 【记】glaze(v 上釉; n 釉)和glacial都是光滑的 【类】glacial: cold = profound: deep 极冷是很冷 = 极深是很深glacial: slow 极慢的: 缓慢的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自ice；glass + ice 音形象glass，冰也象玻璃般，结尾是ci，指ice； |
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