| 词汇 | drumlin |
| 释义 | drumlin noun[ C ] geology specializeduk /ˈdrʌm.lɪn/ us /ˈdrʌm.lɪn/ a small hill formed by a glacier (= mass of moving ice), usually with a stretched, oval shape and found in groups（通常指由冰河堆积成的一段椭圆形冰丘）冰堆丘 Ashley Cooper/Corbis/GettyImages Geography: hills & mountains acclivity alpine tundra craggy esker highlands hillock Marilyn mesa mid-ocean ridge motte Mount Kilimanjaro pike precipitous scarp slope spur steep the Adirondack Mountains the Alaska Range the Alps Examples of drumlindrumlin The house is on a drumlin above the river estuary while the guest house is situated on another drumlin and overlooks the ocean. Drumlins might be an example of that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are draining clay drumlins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although the process that forms drumlins is not fully understood, their shape implies that they are products of the plastic deformation zone of ancient glaciers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A retreating glacier often left behind large deposits of ice in hollows between drumlins or hills. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And drumlins usually have concentric layers of material, as the ice successively plasters new layers in its movement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its chief geographical feature is a drumlin hill reaching to 60 metres above sea-level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The artist based the design on local geographic features (drumlins) and the shape of the surrounding bings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are too, swarms of drumlins and a widespread plastering of glacial till elsewhere. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is composed of a central drumlin with an elevation of 70 ft above sea level, surrounded by a rock-strewn shoreline. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the glaciers receded about 10,000 years ago, they left behind moraines, drumlins, and eskers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its chief geographical feature is a drumlin hill reaching to 235 feet above sea-level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Its chief geographical features are some small drumlin hills reaching to 300 feet above sea-level. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The surrounding countryside is of rolling drumlins, eskers, woods and lakes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The hill itself is a drumlin, formed by glacial deposits about 18,000 years ago. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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