outwash

释义

n. [地质]冰水沉积

例句

This landslide deposit pretty much rules out the idea that the deposits farther upstream are glacial outwash.

这个滑坡沉积物大可以排除远离上游的沉积物是冰川沉积的想法。

Sometimes the animal multitudes are horizontal, as on Salisbury Plain, a glacial outwash delta densely colonized by king penguins, fur and elephant seals, and kelp gulls.

有些地方动物种群是水平分布的，比如在索尔兹伯里平原，这块冰碛沉积三角洲密集分布着王企鹅、软毛海豹、象海豹和黑背海鸥。