单词 | to ice over |
释义 | > as lemmasto ice over to ice over 1. a. transitive (in passive). To be covered with a layer of ice or other cold substance. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > with or as with specific other things clodc1420 pavea1425 foamc1540 overstain1559 thatch1589 sinew1592 to ice over1602 curd1654 overfleece1717 fleece1730 stucco1774 oversmoke1855 bepaper1861 beboulder1862 overflower1876 sack1880 overglass1883 to board over1885 pad1885 lather1917 cobweb1928 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge i. iii. sig. B2v My trembling ioynts (Iced quite ouer with a froz'd cold sweate). 1658 R. White tr. K. Digby Late Disc. Cure Wounds (1660) 147 When it is iced all ouer, he shall feel neither heat nor cold. 1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. To Rdr. sig. a iij Noise and passion, and hardy confidence, iced over with some sanctimonious pretences. 1740 tr. G. Adlerfeld Mil. Hist. Charles XII II. 180 His kitchen was so far removed from his own tent, that his victuals was ic'd over before it reached the table. 1776 Lady A. Miller Lett. from Italy I. viii. 52 I do not know whether trout have the peculiar quality of living in waters that are iced over for eight months of the year. 1829 H. Smith New Forest II. ii. 39 He felt no breath, no motion; all was cold as if iced over by death. 1849 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 Aug. 68/2 There was a fine sheet of water in the park, and if that were but iced over, what splendid skating they could have! 1987 S. Bellow More die of Heartbreak 72 When Matthew Arnold wrote that he was thirty years old and his heart was three parts iced over. 2004 Adirondack Life Feb. 47/1 Trees whose branches are iced over are said to be covered with kanik. b. intransitive. To become covered with ice. Also figurative. Cf. to ice up 3 at Phrasal verbs 3. ΚΠ 1834 Leigh Hunt's London Jrnl. 3 Dec. 281/2 Now mud in roads is stiff, and the kennel ices over, and boys make illegal slides in the pathways. 1865 J. Ingelow Stories told to Child 236 In the morning, he had broken a hole in the ice.., but it had iced over so fast, that in the dusk he had missed it and fallen in. 1913 Paper 12 Feb. 27/1 The mills experienced considerable trouble with anchor ice, but the canals soon iced over and the trouble was stopped. 1963 Life 17 May 8/2 A hard winter followed. The harbor iced over. 1993 A. Habens in M. Bradbury & A. Motion New Writing 2 257 As the room grows chill, so does Olive. Nurse Nancy watches her eyes ice over and blinding snow snuff out the fire. 2009 Daily Tel. 4 Feb. 4/1 Roads could be left to ice over as the cold snap runs into next week. 2. transitive. To cause to become frigid or cold and reserved in manner. Cf. to break the ice at ice n. Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > treat discourteously [verb (transitive)] > treat with lack of affability > make reserved or formal in manner starch1601 to ice over1741 stiffen1763 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxx. 192 Laying myself open to too early a Suspicion, I thought would but ice the Girl over. 1856 F. Parkman Vassall Morton xxvii. 160 The smooth and bright crusting; with which habit and training had iced over the warm nature of Edith. 2008 S. Meyer Host xxviii The loss of his laughing father and wild big brothers had iced him over the way nothing but Melanie's loss had. < as lemmas |
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