英语词汇“thin ice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. thin ice: ice covering a pond, lake, etc., in a thin layer or sheet, which is liable to give away when walked on. Frequently figurative, of treacherous or perilous circumstances. See also on thin ice at Phrases 4 and see to skate on thin ice at skate v. 1c(a), to tread on thin ice at tread v. 3b.

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the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > thin

thin ice1625

skim1807

black ice1827

tickly-benders1853

shell ice1875

cat-ice1884

rubber ice1895

sheet icec1900

skim ice1938

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. x. vii. 1882 The eighth day it began to freeze, and there was thin Ice ouer the sound.

1792 J. Curry Pop. Observ. Death from Drowning App. 109 Even thin ice will support a very considerable weight, provided it be made to bear upon a large surface.

1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 310 (note) Mill-dolling, consists in breaking a passage through thin ice..by a sort of ram, let fall from the bowsprit.

1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxii. 281 ‘How'd you get your breakfast so early on the boat?’ It was kinder thin ice, but I says: ‘The captain see me standing around.’

1892 Ouida in Fortn. Rev. 52 785 The incessant, breathless round of intermingled sport and pleasure danced on the thin ice of debt.

1926 P. Guedalla Palmerston V. iii. 356 Even Punch regaled its readers with a princely figure of slightly sinister aspect skating perilously on the thin ice of foreign affairs.

1964 H. H. Smith Shelter Bay 123 But even thin ice—what we call sheet ice, could cause us plenty of trouble.

2002 Times 16 July 31/2 On one occasion as they traversed the Arctic ice flow Fiennes narrowly escaped death when his snowmobile crashed through thin ice and sank.

单词	thin ice
释义	> as lemmas thin ice b. thin ice: ice covering a pond, lake, etc., in a thin layer or sheet, which is liable to give away when walked on. Frequently figurative, of treacherous or perilous circumstances. See also on thin ice at Phrases 4 and see to skate on thin ice at skate v. 1c(a), to tread on thin ice at tread v. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > ice > [noun] > thin thin ice1625 skim1807 black ice1827 tickly-benders1853 shell ice1875 cat-ice1884 rubber ice1895 sheet icec1900 skim ice1938 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. x. vii. 1882 The eighth day it began to freeze, and there was thin Ice ouer the sound. 1792 J. Curry Pop. Observ. Death from Drowning App. 109 Even thin ice will support a very considerable weight, provided it be made to bear upon a large surface. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 310 (note) Mill-dolling, consists in breaking a passage through thin ice..by a sort of ram, let fall from the bowsprit. 1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxii. 281 ‘How'd you get your breakfast so early on the boat?’ It was kinder thin ice, but I says: ‘The captain see me standing around.’ 1892 Ouida in Fortn. Rev. 52 785 The incessant, breathless round of intermingled sport and pleasure danced on the thin ice of debt. 1926 P. Guedalla Palmerston V. iii. 356 Even Punch regaled its readers with a princely figure of slightly sinister aspect skating perilously on the thin ice of foreign affairs. 1964 H. H. Smith Shelter Bay 123 But even thin ice—what we call sheet ice, could cause us plenty of trouble. 2002 Times 16 July 31/2 On one occasion as they traversed the Arctic ice flow Fiennes narrowly escaped death when his snowmobile crashed through thin ice and sank. extracted from icen. < as lemmas
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