2keep/put something on iceSTOP DOING somethingto do nothing about a plan or suggestion for a period of time 将〔计划、建议〕暂时搁置[冻结]
I’m putting my plans for a new car on ice until I finish college.
我把买车计划推迟到大学毕业之后。
3be (skating) on thin iceUPSETto be in a situation in which you are likely to upset someone or causetrouble 如履薄冰,处境不妙〔处于会惹人不高兴或招来麻烦的境况〕
Don’t be late again, Hugo – you’re skating on thin ice.
别再迟到了,雨果——你会有麻烦的。
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be (skating) on thin ice• You're skating on thinice, showing up late for work every day.• Legally, the company is on very thin ice with its actions.• He was on thin ice before.• It had been granted grudgingly and she knew she was on thin ice as far as her superiors were concerned.
2ice something ↔ downphrasal verbphr vAmerican EnglishAmEMHto cover an injured part of the body in ice to stop it from swelling 冰敷〔受伤处,以防肿胀〕
Make sure you ice that ankle down as soon as you get inside.
一定要一进屋就用冰把脚踝敷上。
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ice down• It usually meansclattering over ice and rocks down a three-foot-wide piste, in gale-force winds and horizontalrain.• Though he moved silently, the slivers of ice sliding down her spine told her he was close behind.• Suddenly there was a crash as the horseslipped and fell on the ice, bringing down its rider.
3ice over/up (also be iced over/up)phrasal verbphr vLIQUIDto become covered with ice 被冰覆盖,结冰 → icy
Schools were closed when the roads iced over.
道路结冰,学校停课了。
The plane’s engines had iced up.
飞机的引擎结了冰。
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ice over/up• Schools are closed, roads are iced over, rain has turned to sleet.• Parts of the Bristol Avon were iced over, resulting in the cancellation of the Bradford-On-Avon Open.• The roads may have iced over, the rain may be too ugly to face.