单词 | to ice out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto ice out of b. transitive. U.S. colloquial. To snub, cold-shoulder (a person); to shun. Also to ice out of: to exclude from. Cf. freeze out (freeze v. 7b). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699 to steer clear of1723 I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838 to have no truck with1866 to leave or let severely alone1880 I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890 ice1932 1932 L. Berg Prison Doctor xvi. 258 He glad hands me: ‘Hello, Wolf! When did you get back?’ I'm leery and ices [sic] him. 1963 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 21 Jan. 9/2 That in itself would be a victory for the Kremlin, after years of being iced out of the continent. 1978 Jet 19 Oct. 11 She tells friends that she has been ‘iced’ although Carter aides say that she has been offered other positions already. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again 188 She has iced me haughtily twice at La Scala because I have told her honestly she doesn't have a chance. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 9 Nov. a30/1 They created an extraordinarily efficient system for running the House, in which even moderate Republicans were iced out of the decision-making process. < as lemmas |
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