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。
past perfect: had completely iced over
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。
verb of perception + ice over: watched the river ice over
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。
- lake
- pond
- river
- road
- pavement
- window
- windscreen
- 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.