glacial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡleɪ.sɪəl/|/ˈɡleɪ.ʃ(ɪ)əl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A glacial period (colloquially known as an ice age).
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or relating to glaciers.
    — We examined the glacial deposits.
  2. Very slow. figuratively
    — He could remember a day that he had spent the whole of (he couldn't have been more than ten) running one of the great, creaking freight elevators at a glacial speed, answering the calls of the bell—one ring, five rings, three rings—with an almost unbearable sense of responsibility.
  3. Cold and icy.
    — After the rain and frost, the pavements were glacial.
  4. Having the appearance of ice.
    — On cold days, glacial acetic acid will freeze in the bottle.
  5. Cool and unfriendly. figuratively
    — He gave me a glacial stare.

词形变化

more glacial comparative most glacial superlative glacials plural

词汇关系

下位词
englacial interglacial monoglacial periglacial postglacial preglacial proglacial subglacial supraglacial
衍生词
deglacial equiglacial fluvioglacial glacial acetic acid glacial acid glacial buzz saw glacial drift glacial erratic glacial flour glacial humour glacialism glacialist glaciality glacialize glacial lake glacial lake outburst flood glacially glacial maximum glacial milk glacial period glacial polish glacial till glacial trough intraglacial mediglacial neoglacial nonglacial paraglacial pleniglacial polyglacial superglacial

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”). The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.
词源 2
Borrowed from French glacial, from Latin glaciālis, from glaciēs (“ice”). The sense "slow" refers to the speed of actual glaciers, typically around 1 meter per day.
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