iceberg

• n. [地理] 冰山；显露部分

词态变化

中文词源

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.

双语例句

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。

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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.

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3. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.

然而,这仅仅是一种表面现象.

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4. The ship hit an iceberg and went under.

船撞上一座冰山而沉没了.

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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》