词组 | ice |
释义 | ice /aɪs/ noun water that has frozenadjectivesthick ice Thick ice was preventing the ship from moving.thin ice The ice is too thin to skate on.black ice (=a thin layer of ice on a road, which is difficult to see) Black ice on the roads is making driving conditions very dangerous.crushed ice (=broken into small pieces, for example to add to a drink) Serve the cocktail with crushed ice.pack ice (=a mass of ice floating in the sea)polar ice Global warming directly causes the melting of polar ice.verbsbe covered in ice Our driveway was covered in ice.ice melts The ice in my glass had begun to melt.ice forms Ice was forming on the surface of the lake.ice cracks We could feel the ice cracking beneath our feet.scrape the ice off sth He scraped the ice off the car windscreen.ice + nounsan ice cube (=a small square piece of ice that you add to a drink) She put a couple of ice cubes in her glass.ice crystals (=very small pieces of ice that form naturally) Ice crystals fall from the sky as snowflakes.an ice rink (=a specially prepared surface of ice where you can skate) The floor was as slippery as an ice rink.the ice cap (=an area of thick ice that permanently covers the North and South Poles) As the polar ice caps melt, sea levels will rise.an ice floe (=a large flat piece of ice that has broken off and is floating in the sea) We could see penguins standing on the ice floes.an ice sheet (=an area of thick ice covering land) Twenty thousand years ago, this area of land was covered by an ice sheet.phrasesa block of ice The fish were packed in blocks of ice, ready for transportation.a sheet of ice A thin sheet of ice had formed over the surface of the pond.a lump of ice (=an irregular piece of ice) A lump of ice fell from the wing of a plane.a slab of ice (=a thick flat piece of ice) Huge slabs of ice drifted down the frozen river.A very large mass of ice floating in the sea is called an iceberg. A long thin pointed piece of ice that hangs from something is called an icicle.THESAURUS: ice frost a thin coating of white powder-like ice that forms on the ground and plants, or the weather conditions in which this powder appears: There was frost on the ground. | Even in May we can sometimes get a late frost. | The leaves were covered in frost. hailstones frozen balls of ice which fall like rain from the sky: Giant hailstones flattened the crops. glacier a large mass of ice which moves slowly down a mountain valley: The glaciers are melting at an alarming rate. | the Kangshung Glacier |
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