I
On /ai/ noun, pron.,
symbol, abbr. i noun (also i) [C, U] (pi. Is, I’s,
i’s /aiz/)
the 9th letter of the English alphabet ^ ^
fKj ^ 9 ^ ^ : ‘
begins with
(an) I/T. *
island ~ i5| III
M i EF A 0 IT»T71 see dot v.
■
pron. used as the subject of a verb when the
speaker or writer is referring to himself/herself ( titf# £j ci, jfEtl ) f$: I think
fd better go now. ikWMMUM fEWtMo. . 0 He and
I are old friends. ilfefflflcJl^SJEko
0 When they asked me if I wanted the job, I said yes., life fl mm*
Ol’m not going to fall, am I? ?
0 I’m taller than her, aren’t
/? It M r«i, J1BE ?
— see also me pron.
m symbol (also i) the number l in
Roman numerals ( ^
) i
, abbr. (also
I.) (especially on maps)
Island(s); Isle(s) ( X
1-9
form /ai
'nain form/ noun (US) an official document that an employer
must have which shows that an employee has the right to work in the
Xft )
-ial
suffix (in adjectives typical
of # tt
(ft: dictatorial ► -ially (in adverbs gij isf):
officially IE fife
iam bic /ai'aembik/ adj. (technical A i#) (of rhythm in
poetry in which one weak or short syllable
is
followed by one strong or long
syllable #P % H ( # —Jotl—)
: a poem written in iambic pentameters (= in lines of ten
syllables, five short and five long) !f^i#
iam bus /ai'aembas/ noun (pi. iambi /-bai/, iambuses) (also iamb /'aiaem; ‘aiaemb/) (technical A ig) a unit of sound
in poetry consisting of one weak or short syllable followed by one strong or
long syllable ( # ffc 1$ ) jflJ
-ian, -an suffix 1 (in nouns and adjectives
§ iSI) from; typical of A ll; W • • ■ # tl (ft: Bostonian M 0 Brazilian EH A o Shakespearian 0
Libran 2
(in nouns $JJ&£-^|) a specialist in
AAX-ftjA; -XM: mathematician -iana, -ana suffix (in
nouns j$ £ is|) a collection of objects, facts, stories, etc. connected with
the person, place, period, etc. mentioned H ; 'A H H
He pn : Mozartiana M *L # n” M o
Victoriana no
IB /,ai 'bi:/ abbr. international
baccalaureate 0 to do
the IB
Iberian
/ai'biarian;
NAmE -'bir-/ adj. relating to
ibex /'aibeks/
noun (pi. ibex) a mountain goat with long curved horns JfciJj A, MX- ( )
ibid,
(also
ib.) abbr. in the same book or
piece of writing as the one that has just been mentioned (from Latin ‘ibidem’) ( MftTig ibidem, )
|SJ
if,
-ibility o -able
ibis /'aibis/
noun (pi. ibises) a bird with a long neck,
long legs and a long beak that curves downwards, that lives near water f| ( )
-ible, -ibly o -able,
-ably Ibo
/'iibau; NAmE 'irbou/ noun = Igbo ibu-profen
/.aibjui'praufen; NAmE -'prou-/ noun [U] a
drug used to reduce pain and inflammation
)
-ic
suffix 1 (in
adjectives and nouns connected with X-'HA; ■••($: scenic 61) o
economic o Arabic 2 (in adjectives
AWisj)
that performs the action mentioned Eft if (
A ) a - (ft : horrific i© 0 specific 54 # ►
-ical (in
adjectives comical fPffg -ically (in
adverbs
ill): physically # A± ice 0-w /ais/ noun,
verb
m noun 1 [U] water
that has frozen and become solid A: There was ice on the windows. o 0 The
lake was covered with
a sheet of ice. ® ® i: IIMII — li A
0 o My hands are as cold as ice. M. X A ^ o — see
also black ice, dry ice, icy 2 [sing.] (usually the ice) a frozen surface that people skate on A^;
jg A The dancers came out onto the
ice,
AI1]?# A^-ho 0 Both
teams are on the ice, waiting for the whistle. WM#, 3 [u] a
piece of ice used to
keep food and drinks cold A #£: I’ll have lemonade please—no ice. i#
in
IS A fd W W. 'H
7jc A®
A±X 4 [C] (old-fashioned, especially BrE) an
ice cream -f#A WCEl 5 [U] (NAmE) a type of sweet
food that consists of ice that has been crushed and flavoured AiAftfjiC ITWB1 break the 'ice to say
or do sth that makes people feel more relaxed, especially at the beginning of a
meeting, party, etc. (
W, )‘fT$PM; JT— see also
icebreaker(2) cut no 'ice (with sb) to have
no influence or effect on sb ( ItAA ) :
His
excuses cut no
ice with me. fifefHj $ HIM4 So
on ' ice 1 (of wine, etc. A ® #) kept cold by
being surrounded by ice A ^ 2 (of a plan, etc. if $J H) not being dealt with
now; waiting to be dealt with at a later time Ml® II ; ^ It %
it: We’ve had to put our plans on ice for the time being. Hcffl AlfAlEitHHHI® Jl 0 3 (of entertainment, etc. A ^)
performed by
skaters on an ice rink A±A®#J: Cinderella
on ice iMI&n) — more at thin adj.
m verb [VN] to cover a
cake with icing A ( i^ii;Vi
,ice over/'up | ,ice sth^'over/'up to
cover sth with ice; to become covered with ice ( ) £n± — M
a, mm*a
'ice age (often the Ice Age) noun one of the long
periods of time, thousands of years ago, when much of the earth’s surface was
covered in ice A$J; Ai1!^; A
# mft
'ice
axe (BrE) (NAmE 'ice-ax) noun a tool used by
people climbing mountains for cutting steps into ice Aid ( ® ill RU — picture o
axe
ice-berg /'aisb3:g; NAmE -b3:rg/ noun an extremely large
mass of ice floating in the sea Alb ( AA
$ ) ITTOI see tip n.
.iceberg
'lettuce noun a type of lettuce (= a
salad vegetable) with crisp pale green leaves that form a tight ball
ice-block /'aisblDk; NAmE -bla:k/ noun
(AustralE, NZE) a
piece of flavoured ice
on a stick Ail; AH; A#
,ice-'blue adj. (especially of
eyes Xfa Silt) very pale blue in colour fjfcigfeW
'ice-bound adj. surrounded by or
covered in ice MAH
ifltt; A m
ice-box /'aisbDks; NAmE -baiks/ noun
(old-fashioned, especially US) = FRIDGE
ice-break-er
/‘aisbreik9(r)/ noun 1 a strong ship
designed to break a way through ice, for example in the Arctic or Antarctic M
Alio 2 a thing that you do or say, like a game or a joke, to make people feel
less nervous when they first meet ( H
Ji£
'ice bucket noun a container filled
with ice and used for keeping bottles of wine, etc. cold AH ( AIRffl )
'ice
cap noun a layer of ice permanently covering
parts of the earth, especially around the North and South Poles ( XfnitWtMMWttt)
) AS .ice-'cold adj. 1 as cold as ice;
very cold A#R(HJ; ASj* (ft: ice-cold
beer AK^ ® 0
My hands were ice-cold. ^lAA^o 2 not having or showing any emotion l^'M
Alt
(ft; ^ W: His eyes had grown ice-cold, life (ft @ %
,ice 'cream (also 'ice cream especially
in NAmE) noun [U, C]
a type of sweet
frozen food made from milk fat,