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。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from Old French crevace, from crever ‘to burst’, from Latin crepare ‘to rattle, crack’.