iceberg

• n. [地理] 冰山；显露部分

ice,冰，berg,山，城堡。

1. a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

2. lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head;

"iceberg is still the most popular lettuce"

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.

Some scientists are examining the potential for harvesting icebergs form Antarctica, which is estimated to have the biggest reserves of fresh water on the planet.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Beyond the Antarctic treaties, huge obstacles persist to tapping these resources, like drifting icebergs that could jeopardise offshore platforms.

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However, this is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg as smart buildings and even cities increasingly become the norm as leaders and business owners begin to wake up to the massive savings that technology can deliver through connected sensors and new fo

2017年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

These examples are just the tip of the iceberg, but they demonstrate how helping customers get more use of their materials can transform value chains and operations.

2019年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Lake Louise is like a beautiful picture with iceberg, rocks, pine forest and lake.

路易丝湖恍如由冰山 、 岩石 、 松林、湖泊构成的一幅图画,美不胜收.

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The floating iceberg suddenly split into two.

漂浮的冰山突然裂成了两块.

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Unbelievable as it is, that's only the tip of the iceberg.

真让人无法置信, 那只是冰山的一个尖儿(注:可借指整个事情中的极小的一部分).

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Only the tip of an iceberg pokes up above water.

只有冰山的尖端突出于水面.

辞典例句

But Little Rock was just the tip of the civil rights iceberg for Eisenhower.

但是小石头城仅仅是艾森豪威尔公民权利政策的冰山一角.

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That's the tip of the iceberg.

这还只是冰山一角.

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Four days after setting out , while the Titantic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.

启航四天后, 泰坦尼克号在穿过北大西洋多冰的海域时, 瞭望员突然发现了一个巨大的冰山.

《用法词典》

When this realization hit, it was as if a huge iceberg in my heart suddenly melted.

意识到这点时, 仿佛我心里的一块巨大的冰山突然融化了.

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The glacier calved a large iceberg.

冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山.

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The mighty iceberg came into view.

巨大的冰山出现在眼前.

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The ship ran into an iceberg and sank 10 days after she set sail.

那艘船启航后10天,撞到冰山上沉没了.

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Over 100 burglaries are reported every month, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

每月报案的入室盗窃案超过百起, 而这只不过是冰山一角.

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The ship hit the iceberg and came to a stop.

轮船幢上了冰山而停住了.

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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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Four days after the Titanic set out, a very big iceberg floated towards her.

泰坦尼克号出发第四天后, 一个非常大的冰山向它漂来.

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Most of the iceberg is under the water.

冰山的大部分在水面以下.

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Alaska still is a land of iceberg and polar bear.

阿拉斯加现在仍是冰山和北极熊的世界.

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Have you ever seen an iceberg?

你曾经看见过冰山 吗 ?

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Romaine lettuce, for example has about six times as much vitamin C and iceberg lettuce.

最常见的变种为头型卷心莴苣 、 玻璃生菜、长叶莴苣和莴苣笋.

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And make an iceberg for myself.

再做个冰山给自己.

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The ship hit iceberg and went under.

这条船撞上冰山后沉没了.

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A group of chin strap penguins lines the edge of an iceberg adrift in Antarctic waters.

一群帽企鹅排成一行在南极洲水域的一块漂流冰山的边缘.

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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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But SAD is just the tip of the iceberg, explains Terman.

但是SAD(季节性情绪紊乱)只是冰山一角, 特曼解释说.

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The ship hit an iceberg and went under.

船撞上一座冰山而沉没了.

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The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase.

在全球变暖时期,巨大的冰川在数年内就溶解了.

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This is only the tip of the iceberg.

这只是冰山一角.

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Thanks. Please call me Iceberg . I hope we will cooperate in the future.

好的,非常感谢你!希望我们能有合作的机会! 对了怎么称呼你?

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Unless we're all a lot more careful, the people who have died so far will be just the tip of the iceberg.

除非我们都加倍小心，否则死者的人数会比现在多得多。

柯林斯例句

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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