iceberg
iceberg 英 [ˈaɪsbɜ:g] 美 [ˈaɪsbɜrg]
n. [地理] 冰山；显露部分
名词复数:icebergs
- An iceberg is a huge chunk of ice that breaks off of a glacier and floats around the ocean. Most of an iceberg is under water and can't be seen; that's how a sneaky iceberg managed to sink the Titanic.
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- n. [地理] 冰山；显露部分
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1. The ship ran upon the iceberg.
轮船撞到冰山上。
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2. Their ship circled the iceberg.
他们的船绕过了冰山。
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3. The glacier calved a large iceberg.
冰川崩解而产生一个大冰山。
- iceberg (n.) 1774, "glacier humped like a hill;" 1820 as "detached piece of a glacier or ice pack at sea," partial loan-translation of Dutch ijsberg, literally "ice mountain," from ijs "ice" (see ice (n.)) + berg "mountain" (from PIE root *bhergh- (2) "high," with derivatives referring to hills and hill-forts.). Similar formation in Norwegian isberg, Danish isbjerg.
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