| 单词 | ice maiden |
| 释义 | > as lemmasice maiden ice maiden n. (a) (in folklore, fairy tales, etc.) a female spirit or supernatural being associated with ice and snowy landscapes; (b) colloquial (chiefly derogatory) an unfeeling or emotionless woman; (in later use) spec. a woman (esp. a beautiful or alluring one) who is regarded as cold or unresponsive; cf. ice queen n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > coldness or lack of warm feeling > person > woman ice maiden1847 ice queen1854 Snow Queen1935 1847 M. Howitt tr. H. C. Andersen True Story my Life i. 18 ‘He is dead,’ said my mother... ‘The ice maiden [Dan. Jisjomfruen] has fetched him.’ 1868 E. S. B. Sydney Life's Search i. 15 That is exactly the reason why you must never vex him by hinting such a thing to him, you dear old ice-maiden! 1877 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 3 May She..had smiled so merrily at his witticisms; but in Mr. Livingstone's society she seemed a veritable ice-maiden. 1920 ‘D. Patrick’ Wider Way i. i. 13 Those magic glades, down which flitted fairy princes and ugly sisters.., and ice-maidens. 1968 V. Canning Melting Man v. 134 Now stop doing an ice-maiden act on me. Write it off to experience. 2005 ‘C. Pike’ Shaktra xix. 252 The ice maidens come for that body, and shelter it in the ice caves. 2006 Olive Oct. 24/1 The crimes begin as soon as you arrive, when you're pointedly ignored by the ice maidens clustered around the reception desk. < as lemmas |
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