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单词 icecapade
释义

icecapaden.

Brit. /ˈʌɪskəpeɪd/, U.S. /ˈaɪskəˌpeɪd/
Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: ice n., escapade n.
Etymology: Humorous blend of ice n. and escapade n.
Originally U.S.
An event or entertainment that takes place on ice, esp. one featuring theatrical performances by figure skaters. Also figurative.‘Ice Capades’ was the name of a touring show that was active from 1940–95.
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1940 Monticello (Iowa) Express 25 Jan. 3/3 (headline) An ‘Icecapade’. ‘Oops!’ Bang! Down goes another amateur, and there goes another happy hope of being a second Sonja Henie.
1941 Time 10 Feb. 67/1 Another touring frostbite fiesta called Ice-Capades of 1941.
1963 Times 7 Mar. 3/6 Football..finally broke out of the strangling cocoon of snow, ice and mud to be rediscovered as a thing of excitement and calculated skill almost forgotten during the recent ice-capades.
1990 K. Vonnegut Hocus Pocus xvii. 140 And then his son Bruce..joined the Ice Capades as a chorus boy... And Bruce was so happy with the ice show.
2006 Coventry Evening Tel. (Nexis) 4 Feb. I prefer to be a couch potato and watch the icecapades from the comfort of my sofa.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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