meltwater

释义

n. 冰雪融化成的水,冰河融化后的水

例句

No one quite knows why glaciers and ice shelves are melting so fast, or how a meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet covering six square kilometres could drain away in 24 hours, as it did in 2006.

没有人非常了解为什么冰架这么迅速的融化，也没人知道格林兰冰架上的一个覆盖6平方千米的融水湖会在24小时内流干——这在2006确实发生了。

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

蓝色条纹通常是当冰层上的裂缝被融冰填充再极速凝固的过程中没有产生气泡而形成的状态。