1.ice作动词解是“(使)结冰”的意思,可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语。
2.ice常与over, up连用,作“(使)表面上结冰”解。

ice over〔up〕(v.+adv.)
(使)结冰; (使)表面覆盖上冰 freeze over
▲ice over〔up〕
The wings of the plane have iced up and it is too dangerous to fly.飞机的机翼已经结上了冰,起飞太危险了。
This recent severe cold has iced up all the farm machinery left in the field; I hope it isn't ruined.最近这次凛冽的寒潮已经使田野里所有的农业机械都结上了冰; 但愿它们不会被毁坏。
▲ice sth ⇔ over〔up〕
The thick ice has iced the windshields up.厚厚的冰已覆盖了挡风玻璃。
The water iced the water pipes up.水结成的冰已把水管冻住了。
◇ 用于be ～ed结构
The road becomes treacherous when it is iced up.道路上结冰以后非常危险。
When the lake gets iced over, you can walk right across it to the islands.湖面封冻后,你就可以踏冰越过湖面到那些岛上。

用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
The hostess iced a bottle of beer.女主人冰了瓶啤酒。
His refusal iced our enthusiasm.他的拒绝打消了我们的热情。
She iced the cake.她在蛋糕上滚糖霜。

［同义词］ v. freeze
［词源］  ＜古英语is(光滑)

1.ice作名词的基本意思是“冰,冰块”,指的是水在零摄氏度或零度以下凝结成的固体,是不可数名词。说“一块冰”用a piece〔cube〕 of ice来表示。
2.ice在英式英语中可作“冰淇淋”解,这时用作可数名词。

black ice
透明薄冰 thin invisible film of ice
Motorists are warned to take extra care this morning because there is black ice on many roads.告诫汽车驾驶员今天早上要特别小心,因为许多路上有透明薄冰。

break the ice
打破冷场 break a deadlock
We haven't learned much in the first lesson, but we have at least broken the ice.我们第一课没学到多少东西,但是至少开了一个头。
The hostess broke the ice by introducing the strangers to each other.女主人让新来的客人作彼此介绍以打破拘束的场面。
The party was dull at first, but Robert's humour soon broke the ice and then everyone enjoyed it very much.晚会最初开得很沉闷,但是罗伯特先生诙谐的谈吐顿时使气氛活跃起来,大家都玩得很开心。

cut no ice
无作用,不足令人信服的 have little or no effect or influence; be unconvincing
His excuses cut no ice with me.他的辩解不足以说服我。
Flattery cuts no ice with Alison, she's far too shrewd.奉承对阿莉森不起任何作用,她太精明了。
This sort of thing will cut no ice on the international market.这种东西不会对国际市场有任何的影响。

on thin ice
处境危险,如履薄冰 take on risk
You don't seem to realize what thin ice you are on.你似乎没有意识到你现在的处境多危险。
He seemed satisfied with my description of how the machine works, but I was on thin ice because I don't really know much about it myself.他似乎很满意我对机器操作的叙述,可是我却如履薄冰,因为我自己对那机器实在了解得不多。

put on ice
延迟 postpone
▲put sth on ice
The council has put its road-widening scheme on ice until it has the money to pay for it.市政会已把道路拓宽方案推迟到有钱扩建时再说。

The ice blocks up the river, making the upstream water unable to flow.冰把河道堵住了,上游的水流不下来。
The ice is too thin to bear your weight. 冰太薄,承受不了你的体重。
He held a piece of ice and bit off a little.他拿着一块冰,咬掉了一点。
The car wheels would not bite because of the ice.路上结冰,汽车轮子打滑。
The climbers suddenly found that their way was blocked by a perpendicular ice wall. 登山队员突然发现他们的去路被矗立的冰崖阻断了。
He had two ices.他吃了两份冰淇淋。

1.她把两小块冰加到了饮料中。
［误］  She added two ices to the drink.
［正］  She added two cubes of ice to the drink.
［析］  ice泛指“冰块”时是不可数名词,没有复数。“一块冰”可以说a piece〔cube〕 of ice。
2.我已经吃了两份冰淇淋。
［误］  I have already taken two ice.
［正］  I have already taken two ices.
［析］  ice作“一块冰淇淋”解时是可数名词,有复数形式。