fjord
fjord 英 [fjɔ:d] 美 [fjɔrd]
n. [地理] 峡湾（等于fiord）
名词复数:fjords
- A fjord is a long, narrow strip of sea that falls between tall cliffs. If you’re traveling in Norway you might be amazed by the rocky cliffs surrounding the deep water of a fjord.
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- n. [地理] 峡湾（等于fiord）
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1. These icebergs push out into the 30-mile-long Ilulissat Ice fjord, and then into Disko Bay and eventually the North Atlantic ocean.
这些冰山先是推进至30英里长的伊卢利萨特冰峡湾，接着进入迪斯科湾，最后滑入北冰洋。
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2. The second longest fjord (an inset of the sea between steep slopes) in the world and the largest in Norway, the magnificence of this has to be experienced for the magnitude to be understood.
这是世界第二长的峡湾（就是那种峭壁对峙的形式）当然在挪威是最大的，她有种难以言语的雄壮。
- fjord (n.) 1670s, from Norwegian fiord, from Old Norse fjörðr "an inlet, estuary," from North Germanic *ferthuz "place for crossing over, ford," from PIE *pertu-, from root *per-(2) "to lead, pass over." The etymological sense probably is "a going, a passage."
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