pack ice

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ˈpack ice noun [uncountable] SGDNa mass of ice floating in the sea 〔海上的〕大片浮冰

Examples from the Corpus

pack ice• The September-October northern limit of pack ice varies considerably from year to year.• Flotillas of tabular icebergs and ice islands sail among the pack ice.• They penetrate south to varying degrees, blue and minke whales often appearing well south of the pack ice edge.• Most adult male bears spend their lives out on the pack ice, living mainly on seals.• The pack ice and fast ice that spread over polar seas form vast sheets many hundreds of square kilometres in area.

ˈpack ice nounChineseSyllable

floating ice a the of Corpus mass in sea

pack ice
ˈpack ice

noun [uncountable]
a mass of ice floating in the sea

pack ice

BrE

/ˈpæk aɪs/

NAmE

/ˈpæk aɪs/

noun

[uncountable]

a large mass of ice floating in the sea, formed from smaller pieces that have frozen together 聚集的浮冰；大块的浮冰