| 单词 | ice |
| 释义 | ice (once / 138 pages) 1nv 2nv 3n 4n Ice is water that's gotten cold enough to freeze solid. When the pond in your neighborhood is solid ice in January, it's safe to skate on. Ice takes many forms; you might slip on the ice, scrape sheets of ice off your car windows, or drop ice into your drink. In every case, the ice is frozen water, and when it freezes, it ices, the way roads ice over on winter nights. When you sprain your wrist, you should probably ice it, or hold ice on the injured area. You can also ice — or frost — a cupcake, or eat a sweet, cold fruit-flavored ice. WORD FAMILYice: de-ice, deice, iced, ices, icing, icy+/deice: deiced, deicer, deices, deicing/deicer: deicers/icing: icings/icy: icier, iciest, icily, iciness USAGE EXAMPLESCoffee, tea, mint lemonade, ice water, all the drinks I politely accepted. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) The trail skirted a couple of avalanche zones, which we recognized by the steep slopes and RV-sized ice chunks littering the chutes. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) I’m an ice skating instructor, and the day after getting the drug, I had one of my best lessons ever. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1n water frozen in the solid state Americans like ice in their drinks Syn|Hypo|Hyper water ice black ice a thin coating of ice (as from freezing mist) on a road or sidewalk; nearly invisible but very hazardous frost, hoar, hoarfrost, rimeice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) hailstonesmall pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm icicleice resembling a pendent spear, formed by the freezing of dripping water crystal a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure 2n the frozen part of a body of water Hypo|Hyper drift ice masses of ice floating in the open sea icefalla steep part of a glacier resembling a frozen waterfall nevethe upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice ice pack, pack icea large expanse of floating ice ice shelf, shelf iceice that is attached to land but projects out to sea object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow 3n a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating the crowd applauded when she skated out onto the ice Syn|Hypo|Hyper ice rink, ice-skating rink ice hockey rink, ice-hockey rink an ice rink for playing ice hockey rink, skating rink building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating 4v cause to become ice or icy an iced summer drink Hyper freeze cause to freeze 5v put ice on or put on ice 2Ice your sprained limbs Hyper chill, cool, cool down make cool or cooler 1n a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk) Syn|Hypo|Hyper frappe sorbet, water ice an ice containing no milk but having a mushy consistency; usually made from fruit juice frozen dessert any of various desserts prepared by freezing 2n a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes Syn|Hyper frosting, icing topping a flavorful addition on top of a dish 3v decorate with frosting 3Syn|Hyper frost cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered n an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant 4Hyper controlled substance a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law n diamonds look at the ice on that dame! Syn|Hyper sparkler diamond a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem ICE (once / 14849 pages) n WORD FAMILY ICE: ICES USAGE EXAMPLESThe Los Angeles school board also affirmed its policy to keep ICE agents off school campuses unless the superintendent and district lawyers consent. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) It was his first of seven 30-minute shifts that day guiding customers through the Gaylord’s “ICE! Christmas Around the World” exhibit. Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) ICE denies using Tasers to subdue the detainees, saying “deportation officers are not issued such devices.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) n a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine Syn|Hypo|Hyper internal-combustion engine diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil four-stroke engine, four-stroke internal-combustion enginean internal-combustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke; work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke gas enginean internal-combustion engine similar to a gasoline engine but using natural gas instead of gasoline vapor gasoline engine, petrol enginean internal-combustion engine that burns gasoline; most automobiles are driven by gasoline engines outboard, outboard motorinternal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat radial engine, rotary enginean internal-combustion engine having cylinders arranged radially around a central crankcase reciprocating enginean internal-combustion engine in which the crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down in cylinders rotary enginean internal-combustion engine in which power is transmitted directly to rotating components valve-in-head engineinternal-combustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head put-puta small gasoline engine (as on motor boat) turbinerotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed rotor to rotate Wankel engine, Wankel rotary engine, epitrochoidal enginea rotary engine that is a four-stroke internal-combustion engine without reciprocating parts heat engine any engine that makes use of heat to do work |
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