esker

n. [地]蛇(形)丘

发音

US /ˈɛskɚ/
其它
UK /ˈɛskə/

词形变化

eskers 复数 eskers

别名

eskar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long, narrow, sinuous ridge created by deposits from a stream running beneath a glacier.

    2001, Allan D. Randall, Hydrogeologic Framework of Stratified-drift Aquifers in the Glaciated Northeastern United States, US Geological Survey Paper 1415-B, page B37, The multiple deltas must have formed sequentially, which led Thompson (1982) to conclude that the eskers were built in successive segments.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

ridge

词源

From Irish eiscir (“esker, glacial ridge”).

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