crevasse

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cre·vasse /krɪˈvæs/ noun [countable]  SGa deep open crack in the thick ice on a mountain 冰隙

Examples from the Corpus

crevasse• As the sun shrank the ledge, he waited to plunge to his death into a crevasse.• The decision, when it came, opened suddenly, a crevasse.• I see now that the devastating crevasse begun then would become unbreachable.• Others explored crevasses to estimate the thickness of the ice.• In winter, the pavements become miniature glaciers with hidden crevasses!• Weather will be difficult and ice crevasses.• There were a lot of crevasses.• There was little soft snow and the ponies had no difficulty whatsoever negotiating the few small crevasses that cut across the route.Origin crevasse (1800-1900) French Old French crevace; → CREVICE

cre·vasse nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus the thick in ice deep on open crack a

crevasse
cre‧vasse /krɪˈvæs/ noun [countable]a deep open crack in the thick ice on a mountain

cre·vasseBrE /krəˈvæs/ 🔊NAmE /krəˈvæs/ 🔊 nouna deep open crack, especially in ice, for example in a glacier （尤指冰川等的）裂缝，裂隙，冰隙