ice over
ice over — phrasal verb
- ice overbase form
- ices over3rd person singular
- icing over-ing form
- iced overpast simple
1. When a body of water, a road, or a window ices over, a hard layer of ice forms a
When a body of water, a road, or a window ices over, a hard layer of ice forms across its whole surface, often making it unsafe or difficult to use.
The small pond in Gita's garden iced over after three nights of below-zero temperatures.
intransitive: subject (body of water) + iced over
Drivers were warned to avoid the mountain roads after they iced over during the night.
passive warning + time clause with iced over
By late January, Lake Michigan had completely iced over, so people walked on it.
Rafael watched the river ice over gradually as the temperature dropped each evening.
The freezing rain caused the car windscreens to ice over in less than an hour.
- freeze over
more common and interchangeable for bodies of water
- ice up
suggests ice blocking a pipe or mechanism, not just covering a surface
- frost over
used for windows and glass, implying a lighter coating
文法句型
[body of water / surface] + ice over
ice + [noun] + over (transitive)
用法筆記
Usually intransitive with a natural subject (lake, pond, road). The transitive form (to ice something over) is rare and typically occurs in literary or descriptive writing.