| 单词 | ice craft |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice craft ice craft n. ability or skill in dealing with the ice, esp. in mountaineering or polar exploration; knowledge about survival in icy conditions, icemanship. ΚΠ 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlvii. 440 Knowing the difficulties they might encounter in the transit, and somewhat vain, I fear, of my own ice-craft, I took a boat-hook and started off to meet them. 1890 Daily News 5 Mar. 5/2 Proficiency in ice-craft grows gradually. 1923 G. D. Abraham First Steps to Climbing iv. 45 We find the Mount Everest Expedition largely composed of rock-climbing specialists whose knowledge of snow and ice-craft is almost negligible. 1955 E. Hillary High Adventure 16 Harry was New Zealand's outstanding climber, with a tremendous reputation for brilliant ice-craft. 2010 Mail Today (Nexis) 26 Dec. He enrolled at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering in Uttarkashi where he got trained in ice craft, snow craft, rock climbing, map navigation, and first aid. < as lemmas |
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