单词 | ice time |
释义 | ice timen. 1. The time of year when rivers or other bodies of water freeze over and the ground is icy.Now chiefly in the context of fishing. ΚΠ 1838 J. Purdy New Sailing Directory Navigation North-Sea (ed. 6) xi. 189 Masters of vessels entering the Elbe in ice-time ought to be aware that the signal-ships may be compelled to quit their station and take to sea. 1888 St. Nicholas Oct. 885/2 In the ice-time.., the gulls walk about upon the smooth white surface with evident satisfaction. 1927 Daily Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois) 9 Feb. 4/4 Several people received more or less severe falls during the late ice time. 1978 Field & Stream Nov. 148/1 Trout, pike, pickerel, walleye, perch, and bluegill are aggressive ice-time feeders. 2004 ‘S. Rybaak’ Fishing Eastern N.Y. 333 From October until ice time, work jigs tipped with minnows or worms through the heads of pools. 2. = ice age n. 1. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > age or period > [noun] > ice-age or glaciation ice time1841 boulder-period1845 glacial epoch1846 ice age1855 stage1895 little ice age1939 1841 C. Darwin Let. Mar. in Corr. (1986) II. 283 I do not know what reasons there are for supposing the Pentlands were dry land within any short time anterior to the elevation during ice time. 1844 W. Howitt German Experiences vii. 91 The ‘Ice-time’, which certain continental philosophers contend to have in some former age reigned over and bound up in frozen death, this planet. 1881 N. S. Shaler & W. M. Davis Illustr. Earth's Surface: Glaciers iv. 38 The last glacial period is the only one of these ancient ice times that is or ever can be well known to us. 1912 V. L. Kellogg Beyond War iii. 55 Enduring and flourishing on for several thousands of years after the last ice time, there was a new, a different Man species. 2010 B. Werth Banquet at Delmonico's (new ed.) ii. 37 Agassiz saw nothing to corrode his catastrophic view of natural development, a universal ice time explaining whatever inconsistencies..existed in the fossil record. 3. Time when an ice rink is available for use; (also) time spent playing on the ice (ice n. 2d). ΚΠ 1949 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 17 Mar. 14/6 The membership of the club must be closed next year if more ice time is not available. 1965 North Adams (Mass.) Transcript 10 Nov. 2/6 A total of 50 hours of ice time has been rented. 1985 B. Flood St. John v. 109 This made it very difficult for the serious curlers to secure enough ice time. 2011 P. Chapman & B. Wake Thrilling Ride 34 Defenceman Chris Tanev..wound up playing twenty-nine games, averaging 13:47 minutes of ice time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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