crevasse
noun /krəˈvæs/
/krəˈvæs/
- a deep opening, especially in ice, for example in a glacier
（尤指冰川等的）裂缝，裂隙，冰隙 - The majority of crevasse deaths happen to those who travel across glaciers unroped.
大多数冰川崩裂死亡发生在穿越未消融冰川的人身上。
词源early 19th cent.: from French, from Old French crevace, from crever ‘to burst’, from Latin crepare ‘to rattle, crack’. - The majority of crevasse deaths happen to those who travel across glaciers unroped.