词汇 | glacially |
释义 | glacially adverb uk /ˈɡleɪ.si.əl.i/ us /ˈɡleɪ.ʃəl.i/ glaciallyadverb (ICE)in a way that involves a glacier(= a large mass of ice that moves slowly): The shifting ice produced the glacially dammed lakes to the southwest. Glacially fed, the water in the gorge was only a few degrees above freezing point. If a place is glacially cold, it is extremely cold: The house was large, built of stone, and glacially cold throughout the year. On that glacially cold morning I stood shivering in the crowd. Synonym freezing used meaning "extremely" with other words that might also describe glaciers or ice: His work embodies a glacially cool perfection. He looks at me through glacially blue eyes. The route passes some other small, glacially formed lakes. Some of the quartz may have been glacially transported. This glaciation gave rise to at least three separate influxes of glacially derived material. Precipitation: snow & ice anti-icing avalanche be snowed inidiom be snowed upidiom boilerplate drifting glacier hailstorm iceberg icy permafrost precipitation sleet slushy snow devil snow line snowdrift snowfall snowflake generation snowpack You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cold Linguistics: very & extreme glaciallyadverb (SLOWLY)extremely slowly: 非常慢地,缓慢地 Where the clean-up has occurred, it has moved glacially. Change is still glacially slow. Researchers are making progress, if glacially. A country that cherishes the status quo is not going to change quickly, but it is moving forward glacially. The minister insisted that things were moving, albeit glacially slowly. Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom float in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour lag sluggishly sluggishness snail staged steadily struggle wander glaciallyadverb (UNFRIENDLY)in a way that is extremely unfriendly or emotionally cold: The audience was greeted by a glacially smiling Lady Macbeth. Many viewers find his paintings glacially cold. Synonym icily Not being friendly abrasive abrasively abrasiveness abruptly abruptness aloof estrangement estrangement from someone flintily forbidding forbiddingly frigid gruff offish remote remoteness reserved reservedly saturnine wintry Related wordglacialadjective |
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