iceberg
- 英式英标[\'aɪs\'bɝg]
- 美式音标[\'aɪsbɜːg]
中文词源
iceberg 冰山
ice,冰，berg,山，城堡。
英文词源
- 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.
实用例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg.
- 泰坦尼克号客轮因撞上一个大冰山而沉没.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.
- 然而,这仅仅是一种表面现象.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. The ship hit an iceberg and went under.
- 船撞上一座冰山而沉没了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The glacier calved a large iceberg.
- 冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》