crevasse
crevasse 英 [krəˈvæs] 美 [krɪˈvæs]
n. 裂缝；破口，崩溃处
名词复数:crevasses
- If you're heading to the North Pole by sled, watch out you don't fall into a crevasse — a deep fissure or crack in the snow or ice. Similar to the term "crevice," though "crevice" usually refers to a fissure in a rock face. Neither one is a nice place to get stuck.
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- n. 裂缝；破口，崩溃处
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1. The horror of dying no longer affected me as it had in the crevasse.
对死亡的恐惧对我的影响不像在裂缝里时那么大了。
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2. Often, when we reached the top of a hill, the only way forward was to throw ourselves down crevasse-like chasms.
我们经常到达山顶时才发现前方唯一的路是下到下面像裂缝一样的山谷里。
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3. Bindschadler scouted locations for the expedition in 2008, when he became the first person to set foot on the crevasse-riddled Pine Island Glacier tongue.
在2008年宾薛得勒曾前来侦查要考察的地点，那时他是第一个涉足这满布裂缝的松岛冰川舌的人。
- crevasse (n.) 1823, "a fissure or crack in the ice of glaciers in the Alps;" 1814, "a breach in a riverbank" (in this use via Louisiana French), from French crevasse, from Old French crevace "crevice" (see crevice). Identical with crevice, but re-adopted in senses for which the then-meaning of crevice was felt to be too small.
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