Definition of kame in English:

kame

noun keɪmkām

Geology

A steep-sided mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting ice sheet.
〔地质〕冰砾阜，冰碛阜（冰层融化过程中沉积下来的陡峭的沙石堆）
Example sentencesExamples
- Ice contact features known to early geologists included kettles (correctly interpreted by Whittlesey in 1859) and kames.
- A total of 313 species in 85 families and 204 genera were collected at the 30-hectare preserve which occurs on a glacial kame and has a rugged ridge and ravine topography.
- It is characterized by moraines of the Weichselian Pleniglacial with intercalated outwash sediments including kame deposits, dead-ice depressions with lakes, fens or wetlands, and Late Saalian moraines in the south.
- Elsewhere, small mounds (kames) are formed of cross-stratified sand deposited by streams from the ice.
- The forest research area extends southward from the fen and is better drained because of a gradient caused by the rise onto a kame terrace (Twin Lakes in Fig.

Origin

Late 18th century: Scots form of comb.

Definition of kame in US English:

kame

nounkām

Geology

A steep-sided mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting ice sheet.
〔地质〕冰砾阜，冰碛阜（冰层融化过程中沉积下来的陡峭的沙石堆）
Example sentencesExamples
- The forest research area extends southward from the fen and is better drained because of a gradient caused by the rise onto a kame terrace (Twin Lakes in Fig.
- It is characterized by moraines of the Weichselian Pleniglacial with intercalated outwash sediments including kame deposits, dead-ice depressions with lakes, fens or wetlands, and Late Saalian moraines in the south.
- Elsewhere, small mounds (kames) are formed of cross-stratified sand deposited by streams from the ice.
- A total of 313 species in 85 families and 204 genera were collected at the 30-hectare preserve which occurs on a glacial kame and has a rugged ridge and ravine topography.
- Ice contact features known to early geologists included kettles (correctly interpreted by Whittlesey in 1859) and kames.

Origin

Late 18th century: Scots form of comb.

单词	kame
释义	Definition of kame in English: kame noun keɪmkām Geology A steep-sided mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting ice sheet. 〔地质〕冰砾阜，冰碛阜（冰层融化过程中沉积下来的陡峭的沙石堆） Example sentencesExamples Ice contact features known to early geologists included kettles (correctly interpreted by Whittlesey in 1859) and kames. A total of 313 species in 85 families and 204 genera were collected at the 30-hectare preserve which occurs on a glacial kame and has a rugged ridge and ravine topography. It is characterized by moraines of the Weichselian Pleniglacial with intercalated outwash sediments including kame deposits, dead-ice depressions with lakes, fens or wetlands, and Late Saalian moraines in the south. Elsewhere, small mounds (kames) are formed of cross-stratified sand deposited by streams from the ice. The forest research area extends southward from the fen and is better drained because of a gradient caused by the rise onto a kame terrace (Twin Lakes in Fig. Origin Late 18th century: Scots form of comb. Definition of kame in US English: kame nounkām Geology A steep-sided mound of sand and gravel deposited by a melting ice sheet. 〔地质〕冰砾阜，冰碛阜（冰层融化过程中沉积下来的陡峭的沙石堆） Example sentencesExamples The forest research area extends southward from the fen and is better drained because of a gradient caused by the rise onto a kame terrace (Twin Lakes in Fig. It is characterized by moraines of the Weichselian Pleniglacial with intercalated outwash sediments including kame deposits, dead-ice depressions with lakes, fens or wetlands, and Late Saalian moraines in the south. Elsewhere, small mounds (kames) are formed of cross-stratified sand deposited by streams from the ice. A total of 313 species in 85 families and 204 genera were collected at the 30-hectare preserve which occurs on a glacial kame and has a rugged ridge and ravine topography. Ice contact features known to early geologists included kettles (correctly interpreted by Whittlesey in 1859) and kames. Origin Late 18th century: Scots form of comb.
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