| 单词 | ice-pick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice-pick ice-pick n. (a) a small domestic tool with a sharp spike designed for breaking up ice (e.g. for drinks); cf. ice hammer n. (a); (b) a type of sharp pick (pick n.1) designed to cut into the ice, used esp. in Mountaineering; cf. ice hammer n. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > utensils for making ice icemaker1775 ice-pick1851 ice plane1875 ice axe1960 1851 Boston (Mass.) Daily Atlas 14 Mar. (advt.) Sheriff's sale... 3 covered Ice Wagons—2 Express Wagons..1 iron Ice Cutter—lot of Ice Picks. 1864 Brit. Q. Rev. 1 July 43 We fear we should avoid..the professional mountaineers whom we meet accoutred with ropes and ice-picks. 1937 E. A. M. Wedderburn Alpine Climbing ii. 29 A Hammer for driving in ring-spikes may be combined with an ice-pick; this weapon is..useful for cutting steps..in very steep ice. 1960 News Chron. 11 June 2/8 Jacques Mornard, ice-pick assassin of Leon Trotsky. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 373/2 Legs kicking, arms flailing, with ice picks in both hands, O'Donnell geronimos across vast chasm. < as lemmas |
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