冰芯 (bīng xīn) — ice core (a cylindrical sample of ice drilled from a glacier or ice sheet)

Definition

Examples

• 科学家从南极钻取了一根冰芯。
  Kē xué jiā cóng nán jí zuàn qǔ le yì gēn bīng xīn.
  Scientists drilled an ice core from Antarctica.
• 研究冰芯可以了解古代的气候变化。
  Yán jiū bīng xīn kě yǐ liǎo jiě gǔ dài de qì hòu biàn huà.
  Studying ice cores can help us understand ancient climate changes.
• 这根冰芯记录了五千年的气候历史。
  Zhè gēn bīng xīn jì lù le wǔ qiān nián de qì hòu lì shǐ.
  This ice core records five thousand years of climate history.