iceberg

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/    美 /ˈaɪsbɝɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The seaward end of a glacier. obsolete
  2. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf
    — The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
  3. An aloof person. US,slang
  4. An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show. figuratively
    — He has little to lose: at present he will go down in history, alongside George W. Bush, as a skipper who ignored the looming fiscal iceberg.
  5. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem. Internet,figuratively,slang
    — Near-synonym: rabbit hole
  6. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem.; A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness. Internet,broadly,figuratively,slang
    — Check out the gaming iceberg on this post! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of.

词形变化

icebergs plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bergy bit blue iceberg earthberg iceberg basement iceberg chart iceberg droppings iceberger iceberg green iceberg lettuce iceberglike iceberg theory iceberg video icebergy oilberg tip of the iceberg
相关词
berg fatberg ice ice floe freeboard growler melt pond

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-so-der.
Proto-Germanic *īsą
Proto-West Germanic *īs
Old English īs
Middle English is
English ice
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Dutch ijsbergpcalq.
English iceberg
Partial calque of Dutch ijsberg (compound of ijs (“ice”) + berg (“mountain”)), from Middle Dutch ijsberch. First used to describe a glacier as seen at a distance from a ship then used as a term to describe the floating chunks of ice broken off from such glaciers. Cognate to German Eisberg, Danish isbjerg, Norwegian isberg and Swedish isberg. Figurative senses in reference to the fact that only one-tenth of an iceberg is usually visible above water.
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