词汇 | iceberg |
释义 | iceberg noun uk /ˈaɪs.bɜːɡ/ us /ˈaɪs.bɝːɡ/ icebergnoun (ICE)[ C ] a very large mass of ice that floats in the sea冰山 MB Photography/Moment/GettyImages Precipitation: snow & ice anti-icing avalanche be snowed inidiom be snowed upidiom boilerplate crevasse drifting glacier hailstorm icy permafrost precipitation slushy snow day snow devil snow line snowdrift snowfall snowflake generation snowy icebergnoun (SALAD)[ C or U ](alsoiceberg lettuce) a kind of lettuce(= a plant with large, green leaves, usually eaten uncooked) that is very crunchy(= making a loud noise when it is eaten): Iceberg lettuce has become the most popular kind of lettuce, despite having very little taste. She made a salad of peppers, avocado, and feta cheese, mixed together with iceberg lettuce. Synonym crisphead Can you pick up some iceberg and a cucumber when you go shopping, please. The lettuce used in burgers is almost always iceberg, because it adds a pleasant crunch. Types of vegetable alfalfa allium Anaheim artichoke arugula crisphead crookneck cruciferous cucumber cuke mooli napa cabbage neep new potatoes nopalito serrano shallot shiitake mushroom shishito shiso Nobody lives in Antarctica, except for a few scientists, but people still visit the spectacular landscape of ice, snow, glaciers, and icebergs from the comfort of a cruise ship! Only 10 percent of an iceberg is above water. These big pieces of ice are called icebergs. This makes icebergs very dangerous for ships, like the Titanic! iceberg | American Dictionaryiceberg noun[ C ] us/ˈɑɪs·bɜrɡ/ a very large mass of ice that floats in the sea Examples of icebergiceberg Although the courts only take the tip of the dispute iceberg, they claim that they have already done their part. As is increasingly common in ambitious projects of this nature, the published book is merely the tip of the iceberg. The text of the constitutions was merely the tip of an iceberg of common law, legislative compromise, judicial decision, and extra-governmental practice. This is just the tip of the iceberg for cognitive archaeology, however, because such conceptualization is by no means sufficient for actual tool production. This means of transmission represents the tip of the iceberg as far as technology goes. This tells us that realism is just the tip of the iceberg. I reached a big iceberg that seems stranded. But this is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to institutional complexity in the welfare field. The first iceberg, a large tabular berg, had already been spotted at 0410. On occasion, icebergs were embedded in those floes. These examples represent only the tip of the iceberg. Cardiovascular accidents are rare because the exercise is self-paced, but minor orthopaedic events are reported and these are probably the tip of the iceberg. Indeed, and true to the architects' terminology, how may a correlation be made between this iceberg-like character and its surroundings? This figure, however, represents only the tip of the proverbial iceberg. The risks of oil spill in both areas are increased by sea conditions and the presence of sea ice and icebergs. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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