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Erebus
[ er-uh-buhs ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. the darkness under the earth, imagined either as the abode of sinners after death or of all the dead.
- Mount, a volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island. 13,202 feet (4,024 meters).
Erebus
1/ 藞蓻谤瑟产蓹蝉 /
noun
- the god of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of Night
- the darkness below the earth, thought to be the abode of the dead or the region they pass through on their way to Hades
Erebus
2/ 藞蓻谤瑟产蓹蝉 /
noun
- Mount Erebusa volcano in Antarctica, on Ross Island: discovered by Sir James Ross in 1841 and named after his ship. Height: 3794 m (12聽448 ft)
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of Erebus1
Example Sentences
Sensors being installed this month along the rim of Erebus could help researchers understand the threat the wildly active volcano poses to McMurdo and New Zealand鈥檚 Scott Base next door.
Shero鈥檚 team, for example, requires a helicopter or snowmobiles for a daily commute from McMurdo over the frozen Ross Sea to the foot of snow-covered Mount Erebus, an active volcano.
Erebus would be the third floating offshore wind farm in the UK, but the estimated 100 megawatts of energy which could be generated by the project is more than double the others.
At the request of Sir John's wife Lady Jane Franklin at least two sets of 14 daguerreotypes, or early photographs, were taken on board HMS Erebus in the days before the ships' departure.
Erebus, seawater from McMurdo Sound, and soil from Ross Island and the Dry Valleys.
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