moraine
moraine 英 [mə'reɪn] 美 [mə'ren]
n. 冰碛石
名词复数:moraines
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- n. 冰碛石
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1. The ground is covered with moraine.
地表覆盖着冰碛石。
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2. In 2008, Tom Hodge, 34, learned about the closing of the General Motors assembly plant in moraine, Ohio, in which he had worked for 12 years.
2008年，34岁的汤姆·霍奇（Tom Hodge)得知他工作了12年位于俄亥俄州莫雷纳（Moraine)的通用汽车装配厂将要关闭。
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3. Our tents were pitched on a sandy moraine shore opposite the massive Blomstrand Glacier – a monster of moving ice that lets out groans and cracks as it calves icebergs into the sea.
我们的帐篷搭在沙石的海岸上，对面是巨大的布鲁姆斯特莱德冰川，这是一块庞大的浮冰，当它的冰山融入海水中时，发出吱吱嘎嘎的声音。
- moraine (n.) "ridge of rock deposited by a glacier," 1789, from French moraine (18c.), from Savoy dialect morena "mound of earth," from Provençal morre "snout, muzzle," from Vulgar Latin *murrum "round object," of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre-Latin Alpine language. Related: Morainal; morainic.
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