cirque
noun [ C ] geology specialized uk/sɜːk/ us/sɜː˞k/
冰斗;（谷端或山坡的）圆形凹地
a hollow area almost surrounded by steep slopes at the top of a glaciated valley
From here you can start to see the rim of the mountains that enclose the cirque. 从这里你可以开始看到环绕冰斗的山脉边缘。
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- From the col there is a wonderful view back down over the ski village in its cirque.
- The trail suddenly levels out and for the next hour you contour the side of the right-hand valley to the cirque at its head.
- The map showed the glacier tucked into a gigantic spoon-shaped cirque on the north-facing side of the mountain.
- At the head of the gulch is a tight cirque facing east, north and west and rimmed with rock slabs pitched at 45 degrees.