Detached pieces of ice drifting with the wind or ocean currents.
流冰
the blue ocean was dotted with pans of drift ice
Example sentencesExamples
In August 1905, the ship resumed its course through fog and drift ice.
Belhadan's location as the northernmost ice-free port of the Empire helped explain its importance, but it wasn't so far south that drift ice or icebergs were unheard of.
In 1965, a sudden change occurred; drift ice and polar water covered the north Icelandic shelf during spring.
The boat transport of supplies back to the station rarely lacked dangerous moments from encounters with fast-moving drift ice and walruses.
This choice allowed us to travel comfortably with the wind at our backs while viewing the constant vista of mountains and valleys, the ice-speckled Atlantic Ocean in the distance dotted with floes of drift ice from Quebec and Labrador.
Definition of drift ice in US English:
drift ice
nounˈdrift ˌīs
Detached pieces of ice drifting with the wind or ocean currents.
流冰
the blue ocean was dotted with pans of drift ice
Example sentencesExamples
In August 1905, the ship resumed its course through fog and drift ice.
This choice allowed us to travel comfortably with the wind at our backs while viewing the constant vista of mountains and valleys, the ice-speckled Atlantic Ocean in the distance dotted with floes of drift ice from Quebec and Labrador.
Belhadan's location as the northernmost ice-free port of the Empire helped explain its importance, but it wasn't so far south that drift ice or icebergs were unheard of.
The boat transport of supplies back to the station rarely lacked dangerous moments from encounters with fast-moving drift ice and walruses.
In 1965, a sudden change occurred; drift ice and polar water covered the north Icelandic shelf during spring.