calved
基本解释
- v. (母牛等动物)产犊;(冰川、冰山)崩裂(calve 的过去式和过去分词)
英汉例句
- The glacier calved a large iceberg.
冰川崩解而产生一个大冰山。 - The glacier is moving to the ocean at 3000 feet per year and has regularly calved icebergs.
这座冰川以每年3000英尺的速度漂向大洋而且时常崩解出小块的冰山。 - The last time such a large ice island formed was in 1962 when the Canadian Ward Hunt Ice Shelf calved an island.
最近一次如此大的浮冰岛的形成发生在1962年,当时加拿大的沃德亨特冰架崩解形成个小岛。 - The Petermann Glacier last birthed — or "calved" — a massive iceberg two years ago, in August 2010.
MSN: Iceberg bigger than Manhattan breaks free - Technology & science - Science - OurAmazingPlanet NBC News
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- When a cow calves, it gives birth to a calf.
- Some other female animals, including elephants and whales, are said to calve when they give birth to their young.
- Calves is the plural of . calf
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专业释义
- (冰川、冰山)使(冰块)崩解:
- (冰山、冰川)崩解