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单词 ice storm
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Definition of ice storm in English:

ice storm

noun
North American
  • A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The string of cancellations began after a freezing rain and ice storm hit the region on December 15.
    • The ice storm of 1998 was the largest ice storm in Canadian history.
    • We had a ice storm a week ago that had 200,000 people without electricity in South Carolina.
    • Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas all endure the occasional ice storm, hurricane and tornado that can cause electrical outages.
    • The trip was originally slated for mid-March - aimed at coinciding with the maple syrup-making, but the mid-March ice storm had laid waste to those plans.
    • The shrubs/saplings that had grown since the ice storm may have intercepted most of the available light, creating a sub-canopy that may be suppressing other new growth.
    • A lot of those oak trees, by the way, Kyra, which, as we said, have been around for a long time, but have not weathered the great ice storm of 2002.
    • However, a single ice storm in January of 1998 lasted for six days, and in some areas, there was freezing rain for more than 80 hours, resulting in an accumulation of more than 85 mm of ice.
    • When a January ice storm made skiing treacherous, I took my pack and did 10 laps up and down the stairwell at my dad's 14-story apartment building.
    • Later that day we had a huge ice storm that shut out all of the electricity to my house and virtually everything else in the area.
    • However, Rhamnus cathartica, an invasive shrub that was rare in our plots before the ice storm, was abundant in all four years following the ice storm.
    • It seems the branch had been dark territory since the signal system had been knocked out by an ice storm several years ago and had recently been replaced with a new system but ‘bugs’ remained to be worked out of it.
    • Around here, the Big One, contrary to stereotype, isn't a tornado; it's an ice storm.
    • They should be looked over again after contractors work on the roof or after a hurricane, hail storm, lightning strike or ice storm.
    • However, to decrease potential observer bias, wherever possible broken branches lying near damaged trees were used to verify estimates of missing crown volume as a result of the ice storm.
    • Large scale disturbances such as the ice storm can play major roles in altering selection pressures and can have major effects on habitat-selection patterns exhibited by bird populations.
    • Moreover, Frauson emphasized, the north face had recently been glazed over by an ice storm; it was ‘an escalator of moving snow.’
    • This ice storm was one of the most extensive in North American history, affecting about 62 million hectares across Canada and the northeastern United States.
    • Oaklawn Park officials pitched in to help horsemen and backstretch workers cope with the Christmas ice storm that virtually paralyzed Hot Springs and the surrounding regions of Arkansas.
    • On Tuesday and Wednesday, there was an ice storm in northern Virginia, and we lost a couple of trees.
    Synonyms
    tempest, squall
 
 

Definition of ice storm in US English:

ice storm

nounˈīs ˌstôrm
North American
  • A storm of freezing rain that leaves a coating of ice.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A lot of those oak trees, by the way, Kyra, which, as we said, have been around for a long time, but have not weathered the great ice storm of 2002.
    • We had a ice storm a week ago that had 200,000 people without electricity in South Carolina.
    • The string of cancellations began after a freezing rain and ice storm hit the region on December 15.
    • However, a single ice storm in January of 1998 lasted for six days, and in some areas, there was freezing rain for more than 80 hours, resulting in an accumulation of more than 85 mm of ice.
    • Large scale disturbances such as the ice storm can play major roles in altering selection pressures and can have major effects on habitat-selection patterns exhibited by bird populations.
    • Later that day we had a huge ice storm that shut out all of the electricity to my house and virtually everything else in the area.
    • Oaklawn Park officials pitched in to help horsemen and backstretch workers cope with the Christmas ice storm that virtually paralyzed Hot Springs and the surrounding regions of Arkansas.
    • Moreover, Frauson emphasized, the north face had recently been glazed over by an ice storm; it was ‘an escalator of moving snow.’
    • Around here, the Big One, contrary to stereotype, isn't a tornado; it's an ice storm.
    • However, Rhamnus cathartica, an invasive shrub that was rare in our plots before the ice storm, was abundant in all four years following the ice storm.
    • When a January ice storm made skiing treacherous, I took my pack and did 10 laps up and down the stairwell at my dad's 14-story apartment building.
    • The ice storm of 1998 was the largest ice storm in Canadian history.
    • They should be looked over again after contractors work on the roof or after a hurricane, hail storm, lightning strike or ice storm.
    • This ice storm was one of the most extensive in North American history, affecting about 62 million hectares across Canada and the northeastern United States.
    • Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas all endure the occasional ice storm, hurricane and tornado that can cause electrical outages.
    • The trip was originally slated for mid-March - aimed at coinciding with the maple syrup-making, but the mid-March ice storm had laid waste to those plans.
    • It seems the branch had been dark territory since the signal system had been knocked out by an ice storm several years ago and had recently been replaced with a new system but ‘bugs’ remained to be worked out of it.
    • The shrubs/saplings that had grown since the ice storm may have intercepted most of the available light, creating a sub-canopy that may be suppressing other new growth.
    • On Tuesday and Wednesday, there was an ice storm in northern Virginia, and we lost a couple of trees.
    • However, to decrease potential observer bias, wherever possible broken branches lying near damaged trees were used to verify estimates of missing crown volume as a result of the ice storm.
    Synonyms
    tempest, squall
 
 
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