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N-UNCOUNT
冰;冰塊;冰層
Ice is frozen water.
例句
Glaciers are moving rivers of ice...
冰河是猶如河水般流動的巨大冰體。
The ice is melting.
冰正在融化。
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VERB
為(蛋糕)掛糖衣(或糖霜)
If you ice a cake, you cover it with icing.
例句
I've iced and decorated the cake.
我在蛋糕上掛了糖衣，還做了花樣裝飾。
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N-COUNT
同 ice cream
An ice is an ice cream .
例句
He's eaten a lot of choc ices.
他吃了很多巧克力冰激凌。
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PHRASE
打破沉默(或僵局);使氣氛輕松
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.
例句
That sort of approach should go a long way toward breaking the ice...
那種方法對打破僵局會大有幫助。
The major purpose of his trip was to break the ice, and his itinerary so far has been packed full.
他此行的主要目的是打破僵局，目前的行程已經排滿。
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PHRASE
起不到什么作用;沒多大影響
If you say that something cuts no ice with you, you mean that you are not impressed or influenced by it.
例句
That sort of romantic attitude cuts no ice with money-men.
那種不切實際的態度對金融家們根本不起什么作用。
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PHRASE
延遲;擱置
If someone puts a plan or project on ice, they delay doing it.
例句
The deal was put on ice for three months...
該交易被擱置了 3 個月。
The $40 million-a-month aid payments will remain on ice.
每月 4,000 萬美元的援助款項將繼續擱置下去。
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PHRASE
冒風險;如履薄冰
If you say that someone is on thin ice or is skating on thin ice, you mean that they are doing something risky which may have serious or unpleasant consequences.
例句
I had skated on thin ice and, so far, got away with it.
我曾經冒過很大風險，但目前為止僥幸沒事。