单词 | iciness |
释义 | icyic‧y /ˈaɪsi/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsnow and ice► snow Collocations soft white pieces of frozen water that fall from the sky in cold weather: · The tops of the mountains were still covered in snow.· Tony and I trudged home through the deep snow.· When climbing in snow and ice, it is essential to use the correct gear.snow falls: · Some snow is expected to fall in the Rockies tonight.snow storm: · She disappeared without trace in a heavy snow storm.virgin snow (=snow on the ground that looks clean and white because no-one has stepped on it, driven on it etc): · There was a single line of footprints in the virgin snow. ► snow if it snows , soft white pieces of frozen water fall from the sky when the weather is cold: it snows: · It snowed continually for three weeks. ► it's snowing spoken use this to say that it is snowing now: · It was snowing when he left the house. ► hail/hail stones frozen raindrops that fall as small balls of ice: · There were frequent showers of rain and hail.· Even in England, half-inch diameter hail stones are not unusual. ► sleet a mixture of snow and rain: · We couldn't see anything because of the sleet and snow. ► frost ice that looks white and powdery and covers things when the temperature is very cold: · The grass and trees were white with frost.· Frost covered all the windows. ► icy covered in ice and very slippery: · Be careful - the roads are icy this morning.· Despite the icy ground, he was urging his horse on faster and faster. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► freezing/icy cold Word family· Take your gloves – it’s freezing cold out there. ► cold/icy contempt (=that shows in a very unfriendly way)· I noticed the icy contempt in his voice. ► icy patches (=on a road)· Some icy patches are likely on roads as temperatures drop tonight. ► an icy/biting/bitter wind (=very cold)· She shivered in the icy wind. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► blast· For letterboxes, look out for seals with brushes which will prevent an icy blast when the post is delivered.· We sat in the icy blast and ordered pizza.· Cold air or icy blasts may cause chapping.· She shrank inwards as an icy blast of air enveloped her.· She got out and shivered in an icy blast which struck right through her anorak. ► cold· She found she was shivering as if she were icy cold.· Paul D felt icy cold in the place Sethe had been before Beloved came.· My chest felt icy cold and I had difficulty in breathing.· The next day was icy cold.· It seemed to her that her heart had been crushed in metal hands, icy cold and shining.· Her sharp nose was icy cold and her face wet with rain.· Jim shuddered, and not from the icy cold which now knotted his every muscle.· Winter was exceptionally hard: icy cold and damp, all life arrested. ► road· A modest dusting on icy roads and pavements would eliminate slipping and sliding without all those expensive tons of sand and salt.· In winter, workmen put a mixture of salt and grit on icy roads to stop cars skidding.· When workmen put salt on icy roads, the salt makes the ice melt and so the roads become safer for cars.· Horses drawing guns slithered helplessly on the icy road, ambulances full of wounded skidded into ditches.· Orders are orders, and I don't give a rat's fart about mumbling monks, icy roads or cold journeys. ► water· He stepped gingerly into the Five Lions River, knelt down, and splashed icy water all over himself.· Back at the East Bathhouse we prowled the corridors and showered in icy water.· Johanna Young's semi-naked body was found floating in the icy water after a four-day search.· I held him under the spigot and squeezed his chest as the icy water ran over him.· Thérèse held it for her, burning her fingers even as the icy water dripped over them.· My master manoeuvred himself round, using his hand to scoop out the icy water, shouting at me to pole faster.· They came with noses and lips blue and numb, and fingers stiff and swollen from the icy water. ► waters· There's nothing more enjoyable than diving under the icy waters in search of tasty titbits.· Susan Bate, 20, struggled in the icy waters of the Solent off Southsea, Hants, for 20 minutes.· Fur seals and sea lions are restricted to the Bering Strait area and seldom enter icy waters. ► wind· An icy wind howled and a great wall of snow bore down upon them.· She felt an icy wind howl over her, a graveyard stench enter her throat, a chill finger touch her cheek.· It is often their only protection against the icy winds of winter.· Through her fingers Tallis could hear the horses protesting against the growing, icy wind.· It snowed again in the night, on an icy wind.· Cold icy winds swept under the gaps of cottage doors rattling them fiercely.· It was cold, too, an icy wind sneaking in through the thatch and through gaps in the mud wall. WORD FAMILYnouniceicicleadjectiveicyicedverbicede-iceadverbicily 1extremely cold SYN frosty: an icy wind The bath water was icy cold.2covered in ice: an icy mountain road3an icy remark, look etc shows that you feel annoyed with or unfriendly towards someone: an icy stare → icily—iciness noun [uncountable] |
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