| 单词 | ice piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice piece ice piece n. (a) a painting which depicts a wintry scene, esp. with a frozen river, lake, etc. (rare); (b) a lump or mass of ice; †(c) an attachment to the bows of a ship to provide protection from ice (obsolete). ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) xiii. 202 Rarities in pictures... An Ice Piece describing the notable Battel between the Jaziges and the Romans, fought upon the frozen Danubius. 1778 J. R. Forster Observ. Voy. round World ii. 93 As the ice-pieces are thrown one upon another, ice-mountains are formed by it. 1822 Manch. Guardian 29 June The Brig Wear having been doubled with ice pieces, and put into the best condition for the voyage, we unmoored from Pelican Tier. 1848 R. M. Ballantyne Hudson's Bay (ed. 2) i. 14 The vessel was provided with huge blocks of timber on her bows, called ice-pieces. 1860 M. Faraday in Proc. Royal Soc. 1859–60 10 444 If the paper were away and the ice pieces were brought into contact.., they became one, forming a rigid piece of ice. 1908 A. T. de Mattos tr. G. H. Marius Dutch Painting in 19th Cent. v. 63 As late as 1870, most collectors thought themselves fortunate to possess one of his ice-pieces. 1938 Amer. Jrnl. Nursing 38 1235/2 Ice pieces will not be broken in the sink nor on the table so a paper towel is laid on the floor. 2007 M. Hooper Ferocious Summer (2008) xix. 150 Some of the ice pieces have been pushed high among the boulders of the rocky beach. < as lemmas |
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