ice 1 S2 W3 / aɪs / 名词 #

1 [不可数名词] water that has frozen into a solid state → icy :

Would you like some ice in your drink?

Her hands were as cold as ice.

The city spent $7 million to remove snow and ice from the roads.

2 keep/put something on ice to do nothing about a plan or suggestion for a period of time :

I’m putting my plans for a new car on ice until I finish college.

3 be (skating) on thin ice to be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or cause trouble :

Don’t be late again, Hugo – you’re skating on thin ice.

4 the ice a specially prepared surface of ice where you can ice skate or play ice hockey :

The two teams are ready to take to the ice.

5 [可数名词]

a) a frozen sweet food made with fruit juice 同义词 sorbet

b) especially British English old-fashioned an ice cream

6 [不可数名词] American English diamonds

→ black ice , dry ice , → break the ice at break 1 ( 29 ) , → cut no ice at cut 1 ( 39 )

COLLOCATIONS

形容词

thick Thick ice was preventing the ship from moving.

thin The ice is too thin to skate on.

black ice (= a layer of thin ice on a road that is very 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.

polar ice Global warming directly causes the melting of polar ice.

动词

be 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 something I scraped the ice off the car windscreen.

ice + NOUN

an ice cube (= a small square piece of ice that you add to a drink ) She put a couple of ice cubes in her glass.

a lump of ice (= a large piece of ice ) Huge lumps of ice break off from the glaciers and float in the sea.

ice crystals (= very small pieces of ice that form naturally ) Ice crystals fall from the sky as snowflakes.

短语

a 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 slab of ice (= a thick flat piece of ice ) Huge slabs of ice drifted down the frozen river.

THESAURUS

ice water that has frozen into a solid state : ice cubes in her Coke | the ice on the lake

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.

black ice an area of ice that is very difficult to see on a road : Driving conditions are dangerous, with black ice in many areas.

icicle a long thin pointed piece of ice that hangs from a roof or other surface : There were icicles hanging down from the side of the house.

hailstones frozen balls of ice which fall like rain from the sky : Hailstones as big as marbles flattened the crops.

glacier a large mass of ice which moves slowly down a mountain valley : The high mountain glaciers of South America and Asia are melting at an alarming rate. | the Kangshung glacier

iceberg a very large mass of ice floating in the sea, most of which is under the surface of the water : The ship sank after hitting an iceberg in the North Atlantic.

ice cap an area of thick ice that permanently covers the North and South Poles : We all know that the polar ice caps are melting because of global warming.

ice 2 verb [及物动词] especially British English #

to cover a cake with icing (= a mixture made of liquid and very fine sugar ) SYN frost American English → icing

ice something ↔ down phrasal verb American English to cover an injured part of the body in ice to stop it from swelling :
Make sure you ice that ankle down as soon as you get inside.

ice over/up ( also be iced over/up ) phrasal verb to become covered with ice → icy :
Schools were closed when the roads iced over. The plane’s engines had iced up.