| 单词 | ice storm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice storm ice storm n. a storm of freezing rain, esp. one that leaves a deposit of ice on trees, etc.; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > storm of freezing rain or ice ice storm1797 1797 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIX. 133 At the break of an ice storm [the water]..sends forth a tremendous roar. 1876 ‘M. Twain’ Punch, Brothers, Punch! (1878) 17 We have to credit the weather with..the ice-storm. 1921 R. Frost Mountain Interval 29 But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay. Ice-storms do that. 1965 Whig-Standard (Kingston, Ont.) 13 Dec. 19/1 Nearly every cloud has a silver lining and Sunday's ice-storm was no exception. 1996 F. Popcorn & L. Marigold Clicking ii. 109 When Aretha Franklin tossed on her mink on the bitter cold day of Clinton's inauguration, she was pelted with an ice-storm of negativity. < as lemmas |
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