icebound
/ahys-bound/US // ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd //UK // (ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd) //
冰封,结冰,冰封天下,冰冻三尺非一日之寒
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adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : held fast or hemmed in by ice; frozen in: an icebound ship.
- : obstructed or shut off by ice: an icebound harbor.
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Examples
This may be owing to the soft brook banks and their aquatic life, when the rest of the fields are icebound.
When spring comes smiling o'er the earth, she breathes on the icebound waters, and they flow anew.
In this Arctic expedition he underwent the experiences common to all who tempt those icebound seas.
The thaw was over, there had been a spell of cold weather, and Deerfield was icebound.
Noon saw the traveller in an “up-and-down” country intersected by icebound streams and snow-laden hollows.
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