| 单词 | cirque |
| 例句 | Every foot of the landscape from here on north would be scored and scarred with reminders of glaciation—scattered boulders called erratics, drumlins, eskers, high tarns, cirques. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Beneath my Vibram soles the wall fell away for three thousand feet to the dirty, avalanche-scarred cirque of the Witches Cauldron Glacier. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of it as cirque du cabaret, in which a group of distinct talents get to show off the physical equivalents of individual song stylings. | 'Traces': Acrobats Meet Skateboards and Basketballs (Watch Out!) 2011-08-10T02:01:08Z She said she expects the performances to be “on a very large scale, large nouvelle cirque kind of work, big dance kind of things, music.” In Alliance, Nets Arena to Offer Arts 2011-06-29T22:18:50Z The Hopper is a glacial cirque, the bowl-shaped end of a valley below Mount Greylock. 36 Hours in the Berkshires 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Every age sits in the trough of transition. washed away by the current of change into unknown future, yet shaped by the cirque revealed by past glaciation. ‘The Crown’ Episodes 1 and 2: Stiff Lips, Warm Heart 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z One day trip to a stunning, high-alpine cirque allows you to bear witness to this whole spectacle, from aspens to tundra. Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The last pockets of snow were visible on a distant cirque. Heat, Water, Fire: How Climate Change Is Transforming the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z This mile-long paved trail, which goes by bogs, meadows and waterfalls, leads to a stunning lake in a cirque surrounded by mountains. Accessible Nature: A Trail Guide for Disabled Hikers 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Absinthe Intimate, off-color show mixes cirque acts with burlesque, comedy, etc. L.A. theater openings, March 19-26: 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof' and more 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z This happened via college studies in Paris, where the syllabus included visits to museums, theaters and something called “cirque moderne.” ‘The Ordinary Acrobat’: a daring young man’s circus obsession 2013-03-07T20:46:22Z The programs veer off into very different territory with “Through the Peeping Glass,” described as a “burlesque/cirque” performance by the burlesque artist Rita MenWeep. The Week Ahead: Mar. 25 ? 31 2012-03-23T14:29:22Z The Russian audience really gets the art of the cirque... Cirque du Soleil puts record $57 million in Russian show 2011-02-21T15:54:36Z The trail takes you through aspen, birch and pine groves until it reaches a small basalt column cirque with a peaceful waterfall. You’ll find good eats and plenty of hiking options on a weekend getaway to Ellensburg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Mann also took her cues from Teatro ZinZanni, a cirque entertainment show inside the Lotte Hotel Seattle that is celebrating 25 years. Acrobatic vampires and ‘simulated blood sucking’: This is not normal dinner theater 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Tarns are common in areas of alpine glaciation because the ice that forms a cirque typically carves out a depression in bedrock that then fills with water. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park, Montana is an example of a glacially-carved cirque basin. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, between 10,000 and 6,300 years ago, there was limited sediment accumulation in Delta Lake that suggests a reduction in meltwater coming from the cirque above. Sediment suggests Teton Glacier longer-lived than thought 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The lake itself sits in a graceful cirque. 10 Washington snowshoeing routes to help you get out (and spread out) this winter 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z It was a wilder place with water cascading unpredictably from a glacial tundra cirque. Cities hope to build reservoir near Holy Cross Wilderness 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z A lake that occupies a glacial valley, but is not confined to a cirque, is known as a finger lake. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z After the glacier is gone, the bowl at the bottom of the cirque is often occupied by a lake called a tarn. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The cirque/vaudeville/burlesque/varietè festival returns with a big buffet of acts. Look Ahead: The hottest Seattle events for March 2019 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z On this particular day, they’ve hiked over a ridge and dropped into a red, rocky basin with a clear cirque lake surrounded by pine trees. Couple dedicates life to clearing Kalmiopsis Trail 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z This new style of circus was a global movement known as "nouveau cirque", focusing on human physical skill and narrative, that manifested differently in individual countries. NoFit State Circus: How 'one more year' turned into 30 - BBC News 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z What is the minimum number of cirques you would expect to find around a horn? Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Headward cirque erosion by three or more mountain glaciers produces horns, which are steep-sided, spire-shaped mountains with pronounced cirques on three or more sides. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea of suffering through such a violent storm above treeline in an exposed cirque with only the thin nylon of a tent for protection flashed through my thoughts. Tongue River road trip replaces backpack outing 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Tuckerman is a glacial cirque - think of a bowl - carved out of the east side of Mount Washington during the last ice age. Raw slopes at extreme skiing’s roots keep riders stoked 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Tuckerman is a glacial cirque — think of a bowl — carved out of the east side of Mount Washington during the last ice age. Raw slopes at extreme skiing's roots keep riders stoked 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Cirque du Soleil fought an unsuccessful trademark battle against Cirque Dreams and other companies using the word “cirque,” which means “circus” in French. Copy Yourself With A Twist: The $1 Billion Secret To Marvel's Growth Recipe 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z A lake that is confined to a glacial cirque is known as a tarn such as Silver Lake near Brighton Ski resort located in Big Cottonwood Canyon or Avalanche Lake in Glacier National Park. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Sperry Chalet sits in a glacial cirque at 6,580 feet, according to “Welcome to Sperry Chalet.” Glacier National Park chalets celebrate a century 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Many scientists and philosophers have contributed to considered cirques of reductionism and an appreciation of emergence since Anderson wrote his paper. The Higgs boson and the future of science 2012-07-23T17:45:18.780Z We all know the face and hands of the figure, set in its marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic webs, as in some faint light under sea. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z The spell was broken which had bound the elements for some weeks past, and the cirque from the Weisshorn to Lo Besso was the theatre in which they spent their fury. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z Tarns are common in areas of alpine glaciation because the thick ice that carves out a cirque also typically hollows out a depression in bedrock that after the glacier is gone, fills with precipitated water. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z This lake, which has an area of 65 acres, lies at the bottom of the main cirque at the head of Roaring River. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Corrie, kor′i, n. a term applied in Scotland and Ireland to semicircular recesses or cirques in mountains, generally flanked by steep and lofty hills. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The same subaerial forces have eroded lake-basins, dug out corries or cirques, notched the ridges, splintered the crests and furrowed the slopes, leaving no part of the original surface of the uplifted chain unmodified. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The zoo is surrounded by the winding hills of Kabul, a cirque of rock flanked by ochre adobe houses. Afghanistan: The Kabul Zoo Is Buzzing Again with Visitors 2011-07-04T09:20:00Z The cirques and broad mountain valleys above timberline are studded with cobalt blue lakes, and carpeted with multicolored beds of flowers. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Each flows from cirques under the Continental Divide. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Every canyon leads up to one or more amphitheaters, or cirques, with sheer bare walls hundreds of feet high. Grand Teton [Wyoming] National Park 2011-05-19T02:00:05.867Z Corries or cirques are scooped out on the one hand and naked precipices are left on the other. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z Nor be deceived if some far midnight bell Boom that anticipated hour, nor leave By one short inch the bloody orbit, for The minion varlets of Hell's majesty Expectant cirque its dim circumference. Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems A dense forest and calm lake repose on the floor of the cirque. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z These two ranges are connected by more than half a dozen short transverse spurs or necks, inclosing as many cirques or high cauldron glens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" With her soft face half turned to me, Like an arrested moonbeam, she Stood in the cirque of that deep tree. The Garden of Dreams In the Chiltern Hills especially, and generally along the chalk escarpments, a flat-bottomed valley with an intermittent stream winds into the hill and ends suddenly in a cirque. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Dry valleys, narrow and of great depth, with precipitous sides, and ending in “cirques,” are probably formed by the intense action of the occasional cloud-bursts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" Sperry Chalets are located in a picturesque high-mountain cirque, with precipitous, highly colored Edwards, Gunsight, and Lincoln Peaks hemming it in on three sides. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Cirque by cirque The world-wide hell reeled round him, East and West, To where the tortured Indians worked the will Of lordly Spain in golden-famed Peru. Collected Poems Volume One Exhumed from out the inner cirque of Hell By kind permission of the Evil One, Behold her devilish presentment, done By Master Aubrey’s weird unearthly spell! The Battle of the Bays The origin of the glacial cirque is entirely different and is said by W.D. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" Within that cirque of thirty graves They laid him, close to Cedd. Legends of the Saxon Saints In addition to smoothing the valley down which they moved, the glaciers produced many rock basins called cirques. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z It was then that these extraordinary cirques were carved. The Book of the National Parks Rolled twyfold in each shining cirque and arch, My jewelled court of splendour ring on ring, Salutes me down my firmamental march, Hailing me sire, all-quickener, lord and king! The Masque of the Elements The valley cirque is characteristic of calcareous districts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" The opal in a cirque of diamonds set; The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance During late afternoons goats are to be seen perched against the cirque walls. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Imagine places where cirque walls have been so bitten outside as well as in that they stand like amphitheatres builded up from foundations instead of gouged out of rock from above. The Book of the National Parks See the malt stored in many a plethoric sack, In the proud cirque of Ivan's bivouac. English as She is Wrote Showing Curious Ways in which the English Language may be made to Convey Ideas or obscure them. We all know the face and hands of the figure, set in the marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic rocks, as in some faint light under sea. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers And, mother-like, in cirques of quiet shadows, Milk flows, warm milk, that keeps all things alive; Fruit is not far, th' abundance of the meadows, And honey oozes from the hollow hive. Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses In the majority of cases the cirques have lakes on their floors. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Imagine deep rounded valleys emerging from these cirques and twisting snakelike among enormous and sometimes grotesque rock masses which often are inconceivably twisted and tumbled, those of each drainage-basin converging fan-like to its central valley. The Book of the National Parks Toads in a poisoned tank, Or wild cats in a red-hot iron cage— �133The fight must so have seemed in that fell cirque.� Browning's Shorter Poems Nor seemed indeed the beauteous lightning to regard at all that restless mote upon the cirque of its entranced fairness. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance But the snow does not fall alone on the western cirques. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The valley lakes are usually larger than the cirque lakes and have a different origin. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z It is these cirques and valleys which constitute Glacier's unique feature, which make it incomparable of its kind. The Book of the National Parks Azure shadow, transparent, ethereal, haunted them, bringing into evidence enormous rounded shoulder, cirque, crinkled glacier, knife-edge of underlying rock. Deadham Hard The origin of 'cirques' or 'cwms,' of which we have remarkably fine examples, is still a little mysterious—one notes also the requirement of observation which might throw light on the erosion of previous ages. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Here the configuration and arrangement of the rock-masses also have created a number of cirques, where remnants of the winter's snow masses are yet to be seen. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter He said; and, calling out, the cirque he clears. The Aeneid English Imagine ranges glacier-bitten alternately on either side with cirques of three or four thousand feet of precipitous depth. The Book of the National Parks Toads in a poisoned tank, Or wild cats in a red-hot iron cage— The fight must so have seemed in that fell cirque. Robert Browning: How to Know Him Do tributaries cut out gullies—empty unoccupied cirques, hangers, &c. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I Snow, thirty, fifty, one hundred or more feet deep lay, on the level, and on the mountain slopes or in precipitous cirques twice, thrice, or ten times those depths. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter In the midst of this cirque stands the castle, buried in stately oaks. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe Their glacial cirques are girt with fantastically toothed and pinnacled walls. The Book of the National Parks This one seems to have been derived from a big roomy cirque or amphitheatre on the northwest side of this Snow Dome Mountain. Travels in Alaska Not five figures but four only were waiting beside the cirque when, wheeling the barouche as near the group as the lay of the ground permitted, he climbed down. Alias the Lone Wolf He delighted to wander on forlorn moors among what Shelley calls "dismal cirques of Druid stones." The Life of Sir Richard Burton As cirques are thus formed and enlarged the peaks beneath which they lie are sharpened, and the mountain crests are scalloped and cut back from either side to knife-edged ridges. The Elements of Geology There are passes to be crossed which carry one through concentric cirques of toothed granite to ridges from which the High Sierra spreads before the eye a frothing sea of snowy peaks. The Book of the National Parks Others lie back in fountain cirques walled in all around save at the lower edge over which they pour in blue cascades. Travels in Alaska Under the lace that fell over his wrist was a red cirque, the mark of the thong with which I had bound him. To Have and to Hold We all know the face and hands of the figure, set in its marble chair, in that cirque of fantastic rocks, as in some faint light under sea. The Renaissance Studies in Art and Poetry As a powerful spring wears back a recess in the valley side where it discharges, so the fountain head of a glacier gradually wears back a cirque. The Elements of Geology We ascended the bench and found ourselves, not in the pass, but in the entrance to still another cirque, also lake-studded, a loftier, nobler cirque encircling the one below. The Book of the National Parks Armed with sharp hard-cutting tools ripped from the granite cirques of Sierra's crest, these mad rivers must have scratched and hewn deep and fast. The Book of the National Parks The resulting cavities in the back of the cirque fill with ice, which in its turn freezes fast and plucks out more rock. The Book of the National Parks These snows replenish the glaciers, which have a combined surface of forty-five square miles, along their entire length, in addition to making enormous accumulations in the cirques. The Book of the National Parks But in the alternating shale and limestone strata of Glacier National Park, on the other hand, the glaciers of old dug cirques of many shelves. The Book of the National Parks Pushing ever higher above timber-line, it breaks into large lake-bearing cirques, sometimes cirque within cirque, walled in silvery granite, hung with garlands of snow and dripping with shining glaciers. The Book of the National Parks The monster ice-streams which dug Glacier's mighty valleys have vanished, but often tiny remainders are still seen upon the cirques' topmost shelves. The Book of the National Parks And presently the back wall of the cirque, undermined, falls on the ice and also is carried away. The Book of the National Parks We crossed a superb cirque studded with lakelets; we could see the pass ahead of us on a fine snow-crowned bench. The Book of the National Parks We saw no less than four of these vast concentric cirques, through three of which we passed. The Book of the National Parks It is a land of towering spires and ambitious summits, serrated cirques, enormous isolated rock masses, rounded granite domes, polished granite pavements, lofty precipices, and long, shimmering waterfalls. The Book of the National Parks But the hour passed and the crossing of the shelf disclosed, not the glowing valley of the South Fork across the pass, but still a vaster, nobler cirque above, sublime in Arctic glory! The Book of the National Parks |
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