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snowfield

/snˈoʊfild/ noun

A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier.

Word Origin Snowfield is a simple compound: snow + field, from Old English snāw and feld. It's a field covered in snow, often a permanent snowfield on a mountain. The word snow gives us snowy, snowstorm, snowflake, snowman, and field gives us battlefield, airfield, fieldwork. The PIE root *sneygʷʰ- for snow also gives us the word nival (snowy) in Latin.

noun A large permanent expanse of snow on a mountain or at the head of a glacier. countable

Climbers had to cross a vast snowfield before reaching the mountain's summit.

(名词) 雪原

登山者必须穿过一片广阔的雪原才能到达山顶。

(sustantivo) nevero; ventisquero; neviza; campo de nieve [Una gran extensión permanente de nieve en una montaña o en la cabecera de un glaciar.]

Los alpinistas tuvieron que cruzar un vasto campo de nieve antes de alcanzar la cima de la montaña.

(nom) névé; champ de neige permanent [Vaste étendue de neige permanente, généralement située en haute montagne ou à l'amont d'un glacier.]

Les alpinistes ont dû traverser un vaste **snowfield** avant d'atteindre le sommet de la montagne.

(Substantiv) Schneefeld [ein großes, dauerhaftes Schneefeld auf einem Berg oder am oberen Ende eines Gletschers.]

Die Bergsteiger mussten ein weites **snowfield** überqueren, bevor sie den Gipfel erreichten.

(名詞) 山の上や氷河の源頭部にある、恒久的に広がる広大な雪の原。

登山者たちは山の頂上に到達する前に、広がる雪原を越えなければならなかった。

(substantivo) campo de neve; platô de neve; mancha de neve [Uma grande extensão permanente de neve em uma montanha ou na cabeceira de uma geleira.]

Os alpinistas tiveram que cruzar um vasto campo de neve antes de alcançar o cume da montanha.

Synonyms: snowpack ice field glacier névé firn
Word parts: snow + field

Related words

snowy snowiness fielder

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