iceman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who trades in ice; a person employed to deliver block ice to those lacking electric refrigeration. historical
  2. A man who is skilled in travelling upon ice, as among glaciers.
    — We were accompanied by our two guides, Jean Baptiste Croz and Michel Croz, of Chamounix, two capital icemen, and worthy fellows.
  3. A human figure carved out of ice.
  4. An ancient human male mummified in ice.
  5. An assassin. slang
  6. One who is cool under pressure. slang
    — Baltiel had always been the iceman, harsh and distant and lacking in sentiment.
  7. A man in attendance at a frozen pond where skating etc. is going on. dated

词形变化

icemen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
icemanship

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
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English iceman
From ice + -man.
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