glaciate

英 ['ɡleɪsɪeɪt] 美
  • vt. 使冰冻;被冰冻盖;使受冰川作用

词态变化


第三人称单数: glaciates;过去式: glaciated;过去分词: glaciated;现在分词: glaciating;

英英释意


1. cover with ice or snow or a glacier;
"the entire area was glaciated"
2. become frozen and covered with glaciers

英文词源


glaciate (v.)
1620s, "to freeze;" 1861 in reference to glaciers, from Latin glaciatus, past participle of glaciare "to turn to ice," from glacies "ice" (see glacial). Related: Glaciated; glaciating.