ice over
ice over — 片語動詞
- 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
結冰
表面被冰層完全覆蓋
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.
Gita 花園裡的小池塘在連續三晚零度以下的低溫後結了冰。
intransitive: subject (body of water) + iced over
Drivers were warned to avoid the mountain roads after they iced over during the night.
司機們被警告避開那些山區道路，因為它們在夜間結了冰。
passive warning + time clause with iced over
By late January, Lake Michigan had completely iced over, so people walked on it.
到了一月下旬，密西根湖已完全結冰，人們可以在上面行走。
Rafael watched the river ice over gradually as the temperature dropped each evening.
Rafael 看著河水隨著每晚氣溫下降而逐漸結冰。
The freezing rain caused the car windscreens to ice over in less than an hour.
凍雨讓汽車擋風玻璃在不到一小時內就結了冰。
- 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.