单词 | icemanship |
释义 | > as lemmasˈicemanship ˈicemanship n. skill in traversing or dealing with the ice (in mountaineering, etc.); ice craft. ΚΠ 1865 Alpine Jrnl. Mar. 16 He showed his knowledge of icemanship by calling out to me in unusually steep places that I ought to hold my alpenstock with one rather than with both hands. 1884 Graham in Pall Mall Gaz. 11 June 3 What I may venture to call icemanship is a fine art, only acquired by much experience... This art, which we call mountaineering, the use of ropes and ice-axes, and all that goes with them, does not yet exist in India. 1961 Lima (Ohio) News 14 Jan. (Entertainment section) 3/4 Tab Hunter, a former West Coast Skating champion, demonstrates his icemanship..when he tried to impress a beautiful girl in ‘Weekend on Ice’. 2010 Pioneer (India) (Nexis) 8 Nov. The SAWG games has multiple objectives, from tourism to sports promotion, however, the salient one is to promote ice man ship for the youth of the country and Uttrakhand in particular. < as lemmas |
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