a large area of ice, floating on the sea 浮冰:大面积的冰,漂浮在海面上 Small floes formed the major ice cover from August to December. 从8月到12月,小浮冰形成了主要的冰盖。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFloe is used after these nouns:- ice
Word Originearly 19th cent. (superseding flake in this sense): probably from Norwegian flo, from Old Norse fló ‘layer’.