| 单词 | icy hill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasicy hill icy hill n. now rare (chiefly in plural) an iceberg; cf. ice hill n. 2. ΚΠ 1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece iii. vii. 50 The Icy hills, Which Natures eares with strange amazement fils. 1694 tr. F. Martens in Acct. Several Late Voy. ii. 26 In the Clifts of the Icy-hills on shoar. 1786 T. Day Hist. Sandford & Merton II. 174 Upon these pieces of ice are frequently seen white bears..which..have straggled over those icy hills in search of fish. 1840 Sailor's Mag. Mar. 213 Scarcely a moment elapsed ere it [sc. the galley] was walled in by a hundred icy hills, and the whole mass moved forward and was soon beyond the horizon. 1907 J. C. Andersen Maori Life in Ao-tea x. 131 The ominous heralds of sheer icy hills, that float in ocean like the wreck of worlds. < as lemmas |
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