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iceberg

/ˈaɪsbɝɡ/ 名词 B1

中文: 冰山

  1. A huge mass of ocean-floating ice which has broken off a glacier or ice shelf · The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank.
  2. An aloof person. (US, slang)
  3. An impending disastrous event whose adverse effects are only beginning to show. (figuratively)
  4. A topic that is more convoluted and fractal than it may seem. (figuratively, slang) · Near-synonym: rabbit hole· Do some digging into that politician's past life and associates, and you'll see that the iceberg runs deep.
  5. A list, infographic, or other enumeration of such a topic and its subcomponents, often ordered into groups sorted by obscurity and bizarreness. (figuratively, slang) · Check out the gaming iceberg on this post! There's some really freaky titles there that I've never heard of.· Today we're gonna talk about the Star Wars iceberg.

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