They show a surface broken into polygonal slabs by repeated freezing and thawing of the sort that happens above permafrost.

它显示了其在永久冰冻区之上的表面由于多次冰冻和融化已经成为多边形的冰板。

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Some pieces sink without trace while others float, like broken meringues, on the water's surface.

有些冰块沉没在海中没了踪影，有些则漂浮在海面上，像残破的冰糕。

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Thus the surface of the plateau is cut into broken pieces by numerous ravines.

黄土高原广大地面被为数众多的大小沟谷切割得十分破碎。

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The Highways Agency has put up a sign warning drivers about the pitted and broken road surface on the southbound carriageway, just after junction 23 at Bridgwater North.

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Where the rainbow fringes become most tightly spaced is where the fault break came closest to the surface, although the data indicates the fault is unlikely to have broken right through to the surface.

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The painters hired two ladders in Carragh and spent that day filling in the stucco surface where it had broken away.

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