亚洲网紅露点

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icicle

[ ahy-si-kuhl ]

noun

  1. a pendent, tapering mass of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water.
  2. a thin strip of paper, plastic, or foil, usually silvery, for hanging on a Christmas tree as decoration.
  3. a cold, unemotional person.


icicle

/ 藞补瑟蝉瑟办蓹濒 /

noun

  1. a hanging spike of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞颈肠颈肠濒别诲, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 颈顎僣颈路肠濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of icicle1

before 1000; Middle English isikel, Old English 墨蝉驳颈肠别濒, equivalent to 墨蝉 ice + gicel icicle; akin to Old Norse 箩谦办耻濒 mass of ice, glacier
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of icicle1

C14: from ice + ickel, from Old English gicel icicle, related to Old Norse 箩枚办耻濒濒 large piece of ice, glacier
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Drops will continue to run down the icicle, freezing at the end, to give the icicle its distinctive shape.

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The icicles crawl farther up my legs, around my waist, my chest, then up to my neck, binding me tightly.

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The wind tore wildly around the world, whipping up the snow in mountainous drifts, breaking frozen branches off trees, sending icicles clattering to the glassy ground.

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Climbers began to haul themselves up frozen waterfalls and dangling icicles, carving out a discipline separate from mountaineering.

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Blades of grass hardened into icicles as snow fell and temperatures dropped in Houston, Texas.

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