moraine
/mɒˈreɪn/noun
- Geology a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier, typically as ridges at its edges or extremity【地质】冰碛。
派生词
morainal
adjectivemorainic
adjective词源
late 18th cent.: from French, from Italian dialect morena, from French dialect morre 'snout'; related to MORION1.