iceberg
英 ['a?sb??g]美['a?s'b?g]
- n. [地理] 冰山；顯露部分
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詞態變化
復數:?icebergs;
中文詞源
iceberg 冰山
ice,冰，berg,山，城堡。
英文詞源
- iceberg (n.)
- 1774, partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg, literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (see barrow (n.2)). An earlier term was sea-hill (1690s). Phrase tip of the iceberg, in a figurative sense, first recorded 1962. Iceberg lettuce attested from 1893.
雙語例句
- 1. The above complaints are, I suspect, just the tip of the iceberg.
- 我想，以上的抱怨只是冰山一角。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.
- 泰坦尼克號客輪因撞上一個大冰山而沉沒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.
- 然而,這僅僅是一種表面現象.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The ship hit an iceberg and went under.
- 船撞上一座冰山而沉沒了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The glacier calved a large iceberg.
- 冰河崩解而形成一個大冰山.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
