the glacier is retreating
ледник отступает
Every time we come back, we can see the glacier is retreating a little farther.
Каждый раз, когда мы возвращаемся, видно, что ледник отступает всё дальше.
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glacier
glacier
Meaning of glacier
English
large moving ice mass
Русский
огромная масса замёрзшей воды, медленно сползающая с гор
Pronunciation
British English
/ˈɡlæsiə/
American English
/ˈɡleɪʃɚ/
glacier with Russian translation
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Ледники
Glaciersglacier hike
поход по леднику
We rented crampons and hired a guide for the glacier hike.
Для похода по леднику мы взяли напрокат кошки и наняли гида.
- melting glaciersтающие ледники
- glacier iceледниковый лёд
glacier usage examples
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
The glacier is melting fast.
Ледник быстро тает.
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
We hiked to the glacier and touched the blue ice.
Мы поднялись к леднику и прикоснулись к синему льду.
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What's the difference between glacier, ice cap, and ice sheet
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🇬🇧English
ice cap
ice covering a large area of land
B2often
ENPolar researchers mapped the extent of the ice cap around the island.
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ice sheet
continent-sized ice mass, e.g. Antarctica
B2often
ENDuring the ice age, much of the continent was covered by an ice sheet.
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What does glacier mean?
large moving ice mass
How do you pronounce glacier?
glacier is pronounced [ˈɡlæsiə].
How is glacier used in a sentence?
Ледник быстро тает. Translation: The glacier is melting fast.
Is glacier part of Natural Phenomena vocabulary?
Yes, glacier can be learned in the Natural Phenomena topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
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