glacier

1. A large body of ice which flows under its own mass, usually downhill.

   They warned that the effects of glacier melting on water resources are becoming “increasingly serious” for China.

   Gletscher, Ferner, Kees

   ледни́кledník, гле́тчерglétčer

   льодови́кlʹodovýk

   a slowly moving mass of ice

2. An area of a mountain where snow is present year-round.

   You can ski down the glacier in both the winter and the summer.

3. (figuratively)Something that moves very slowly

   The queue in the pharmacy was a glacier.

1. Have you ever seen a glacier?

   ruТы когда-нибудь видел ледник? — marafon

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2. The glacier moves slowly.

   Льодовик рухається повільно. — aandrusiak

   ruЛедник движется медленно. — odexed

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3. The glaciers are melting.

   Льодовики тануть. — rmdas

   ruЛедники тают. — odexed

   deDie Gletscher schmelzen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. Glaciers are not only found in the Alps.

   ruЛедники есть не только в Альпах. — Wezel

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5. The glacier moves but by inches.

   ruЛедник движется, но очень медленно. — al_ex_an_der

   deDer Gletscher bewegt sich nur zentimeterweise. — Tamy

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