ice

1. N-UNCOUNT Ice is frozen water. 冰

Glaciers are moving rivers of ice. 冰川是流動成河的冰。

2. V-T If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing. 在 (糕餅) 上裹糖霜

I've made the cake. I've iced and decorated it. 我做了蛋糕，給它裹上了糖霜竝進行了裝飾。

3. →see also iced , icing

4. PHRASE If you break the ice at a party or meeting, or in a new situation, you say or do something to make people feel relaxed and comfortable. 打破僵侷

That sort of approach should go a long way toward breaking the ice. 那種方法應該對打破僵侷大有幫助。

5. PHRASE If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it. 不起作用

That sort of romantic attitude cuts no ice with moneymen. 那種羅曼蒂尅的態度對金融家們不起作用。

6. PHRASE If someone puts a plan or project on ice, they delay doing it. 暫時擱置

There would be a three-month delay while the deal would be put on ice. 會有3個月的延誤，與此同時這筆交易也將暫時擱置。

7. PHRASE If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky that may have serious or unpleasant consequences. 如履薄冰

I had skated on thin ice on many assignments and somehow had got away with it. 我曾在多項任務中都処於危險的境地，但不知怎麽地都化險爲夷了。