calve

1 Most north Atlantic icebergs calve off the Greenland ice sheet during the spring thaw and are carried south by the Labrador current.

2 But there’s something else, something beyond chills and calving and global warming, something I felt from that first moment in church.

3 “We will continue to monitor both the impact of this calving event on the Larsen C ice shelf and the fate of this huge iceberg.”

4 Scientists use the term "calving" to describe an iceberg breakaway - like a cow giving birth to her young.

5 These masses of ice form glaciers that reach the edge of the continent, where every year 5,000 to 10,000 icebergs “calve,” or break off, from the ice sheets into the surrounding ocean.

6 The cow is expected to calve next week.

这头母牛预期下周生小牛。

7 Josiah wanted to give them a good start because they would be calving later on.

8 They rushed like meltwater, slapped the ground like calving glaciers, died at the lip of the stage like desperate polar bears.

9 The icebergs and glaciers calve.

冰山和冰川在瓦解.

10 To calve and therefore begin to produce milk.

(产后)开始泌乳:因产犊而开始产奶.

11 The process, known as calving, happened in the past few days, when a 2,240-square-mile section broke away.

12 “Seeing your first iceberg calve makes you realize how small you are and what your place on the planet actually is.”

13 Jakobshavn’s dramatic change was recorded in the 2012 film “Chasing Ice,” in a compelling scene that captured the calving of a kilometer of ice in a single event.

14 He lowered his voice and added, “She only calved a few months back,” as if he said something the cow shouldn’t hear.

15 Eager to see some calving glaciers, I booked the final leg of my marine journey on the Glacier Bay tour boat out of Bartlett Cove.

16 “Those are the humpbacks after herring. They’re following their instincts. Every spring they migrate up from calving grounds in Hawaii.”

17 The whales calve at this time of year.

鲸鱼在每年的这个时候产仔.

18 Some come to see calving glaciers and climate change in action.

19 In addition to pushing weaning to six months, which is significantly longer than typical, they changed other aspects of the calving process to reduce stress on the young animals.

20 Norton and her staffers deleted information about how often the Porcupine herd calved in the coastal plain and left out the data showing the lower survival rates of calves born outside that area.

1 崩解

molder disintegration fall disintegrate

2 崩裂

burst

3 产仔

kindling drop pop birth breed kindle fawn farrow hatch

4 产

-parous mother litter foal fawn farrow drop bear yield breed spawn cub spat cast yean kid afford kitten teem delivery whelp throw lay lamb kindle give birth to

5 分娩

childbearing lying-in parturient delivery labor birth childbirth confinement parturition childbed accouchement puerperium deliver travail confine be brought to bed

6 产崽

litter

7 生子

bear breed raise up seed

8 分离

free separate split discrete detached solitary divided segregate parting disconnected dissociative disengaged disjunctive uncombined segregative separative separatory discerption abstriction selection divorce distinction separation isolation detachment segregation dissolution dialysis severance dissociation disengagement separatism disjunction diastasis disunion scission remotion disconnexion secern abstrict part sever dissociate sunder disjoint disunite dissever dispart divide abstract isolate dissolve widow detach disengage rend seclude disaffiliate sequestrate unsolder breakup asunder

9 生

new fresh raw crude uncooked crudity issue foal get give start run cut produce fire carry draw mother father push bear spawn lamb pup fawn beget teem procreate whelp green unslaked have vesicate lose birth twin bring into life give birth to unripe grow yean mildew build light shoot generate strike yield reproduce litter sire fledge farrow au naturel