icicle

英 ['aɪsɪk(ə)l] 美['aɪsɪkl]

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Reach out catch a snow, happy smile, tomorrow can be Quzhai crystal clear icicle tree took.: 伸手接住一片雪, 欣然地微笑, 明天可以去摘树上晶莹剔透的冰凌花了.

She walked in, as chill as an icicle, and as high as a princess.: 她走进来了, 跟个冰柱似的,冷冰冰的, 又象个公主似的高不可攀.

Today, kids wouldn't touch Dad's clothes if they were sliding naked an icicle.: 今天, 小鬼们就算是要赤着身子滑下冰柱,也不会碰老头的衣服.

Icicle: [ offering a bong to Dexter and Royce ] Pull on that bad boy.: 艾斯蔻 ( 给德克斯特和罗伊斯一根大烟): 继续,坏男孩.

The drops fell very slowly, as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone.: 血滴得很慢很慢, 仿佛是太阳落山后的冰柱滴下的水珠.

icicle 冰锥，冰柱

来自中古英语，ice,冰，-icle,来自ickle,古英语方言，冰柱，冰晶。

1. She walked in, as chill as an icicle, and as high as a princess.: 她走进来了, 跟个冰柱似的,冷冰冰的, 又象个公主似的高不可攀.

2. The drops fell very slowly, as they fall from an icicle after the sun has gone.: 血滴得很慢很慢, 仿佛是太阳落山后的冰柱滴下的水珠.

4. This passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine.: 这个冷静的女孩犹如阳光下的冰柱.

5. A large ice floe in the Arctic Ocean bears an icicle - trimmed cave.: 北冰洋上的一片巨大浮冰支撑起一个由冰柱装饰的洞窟.

icicle: icicle: [14] Historically, icicle is a tautology, meaning literally ‘ice icicle’. It originated in Middle English as a compound of ice and ickel ‘icicle’. This word, which survived dialectally into the 20th century as ickle, goes back to Old English gicel, which in turn was descended from a prehistoric Germanic *jakulaz (source also of modern Icelandic jökull ‘glacier’).
icicle (n.): early 14c., isykle, from is "ice" + ikel "icicle," from Old English gicel "icicle, ice" (rel. to cylegicel "cold ice"), from Proto-Germanic *jekilaz (cognates: Old Norse jaki "piece of ice," diminutive jökull "icicle, ice, glacier;" Old High German ihilla "icicle"), from PIE *yeg- "ice." Dialectal ickle "icicle" survived into 20c.

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