英语词汇“straight off the ice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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straight off the ice

P6. straight off the ice: (of speech, demeanour, etc.) cold and sharp, lacking warmth or sympathy. Now rare.

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1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iii. vi. 247 I started cross-examining today. I gave him three and a half hours of it, straight off the ice, and I'm not through with him yet.

1939 K. John Prince Imperial x. 210 She passed him on to the War Office. Here also he got a welcome straight off the ice. ‘I can't imagine,’ said Palikao, ‘why the Emperor sent you.’

1951 ‘P. Wentworth’ Ivory Dagger viii. 41 No vulgar brawling—that wasn't her line. Just a voice and manner straight off the ice and straight to the point.

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单词	straight off the ice
释义	> as lemmas straight off the ice P6. straight off the ice: (of speech, demeanour, etc.) cold and sharp, lacking warmth or sympathy. Now rare. ΚΠ 1922 A. S. M. Hutchinson This Freedom iii. vi. 247 I started cross-examining today. I gave him three and a half hours of it, straight off the ice, and I'm not through with him yet. 1939 K. John Prince Imperial x. 210 She passed him on to the War Office. Here also he got a welcome straight off the ice. ‘I can't imagine,’ said Palikao, ‘why the Emperor sent you.’ 1951 ‘P. Wentworth’ Ivory Dagger viii. 41 No vulgar brawling—that wasn't her line. Just a voice and manner straight off the ice and straight to the point. extracted from icen. < as lemmas
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