Definition of iceberg in English:

iceberg

noun ˈʌɪsbəːɡˈaɪsˌbərɡ

A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.
冰山
Example sentencesExamples
- The environment in the Antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale which is awe-inspiring.
- Great floes jostled against each other piling up to form miniature icebergs.
- Forget the advancing melt rate of Antarctic icebergs and world wide glacier retreat.
- There were icebergs aplenty, however, as well as strange cloud formations.
- The icebergs came in every category of shape and featured many natural parodies of architectural styles from caveman days to now.
- Water lapped at the edge of the ice-sheets, small icebergs floating off and melting in the warmer waters.
- It commanded wide sweeping views of the oily blue Ross Sea with its huge floating icebergs.
- Dice warned in a voice that sounded like the grating together of icebergs in a glacier.
- Sea ice is frozen salt water, and when natural forces break it into pieces, the larger ones are called not icebergs but ice floes.
- Friends in London envisage glaciers and icebergs up here near the Arctic Circle.
- An Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed and broken up into thousands of icebergs.
- Mountains and icebergs, snowflakes and clouds, are delights to me.
- In March 1999, two massive icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf.
- This is the mass of the iceberg, the terror that is itself a long-term greenhouse for counter-terror.
- As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea.
- Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc.
- Sun shines on them like white gold and in the shade they become iridescent blue, eerie like glaciers or icebergs.
- She was still scarred after her encounters with icebergs so proper repairs to her jury-rigged jib boom were a top priority.
- Antarctic icebergs are different from Arctic icebergs in some ways.
- Yes, this ice shelf has broken up into a mosaic of smaller icebergs.
Synonyms
frozen water

Phrases

the tip of an (or the) iceberg

The small perceptible part of a much larger situation or problem that remains hidden.
冰山一角，（巨大隐情或隐患）露头
detected fraud is only the tip of the iceberg
已侦破的欺诈行为只是冰山一角。
Example sentencesExamples
- These incidents, she says, are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg.
- I have only barely touched the tip of the iceberg in regards to bullying.
- This is just the tip of the iceberg, with many missing but not reported.
- The voyeuristic reader only sees the tip of the iceberg, for there is undoubtedly much more of this story to tell.
- As I've discovered, the problems that have been reported to date appear to be only the tip of the iceberg.
- Yet they are the tip of an iceberg because most cases of child abuse remain unknown, with children suffering in silence.
- ‘The amount of cases that come through to us is just the tip of the iceberg,’ he said.
- Worse still, groundwater moves very slowly, which means that the problems so far encountered may be the tip of the iceberg.
- Unfortunately, checkpoints are only the tip of the iceberg for Palestinians.
- These are real women, real situations and sadly, only the tip of the iceberg.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs 'ice' + berg 'hill'.

The earliest meaning of iceberg in English was for a glacier which is seen from the sea as a hill. The term came in the late 18th century from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs ‘ice’ and berg ‘hill’. The expression the tip of the iceberg, ‘the small visible part of a larger problem that remains hidden’, is surprisingly recent, being recorded only from the 1950s.

Definition of iceberg in US English:

iceberg

nounˈaɪsˌbərɡˈīsˌbərɡ

A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.
冰山
Example sentencesExamples
- Water lapped at the edge of the ice-sheets, small icebergs floating off and melting in the warmer waters.
- There were icebergs aplenty, however, as well as strange cloud formations.
- Dice warned in a voice that sounded like the grating together of icebergs in a glacier.
- Great floes jostled against each other piling up to form miniature icebergs.
- As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea.
- Sea ice is frozen salt water, and when natural forces break it into pieces, the larger ones are called not icebergs but ice floes.
- It commanded wide sweeping views of the oily blue Ross Sea with its huge floating icebergs.
- Forget the advancing melt rate of Antarctic icebergs and world wide glacier retreat.
- Friends in London envisage glaciers and icebergs up here near the Arctic Circle.
- This is the mass of the iceberg, the terror that is itself a long-term greenhouse for counter-terror.
- She was still scarred after her encounters with icebergs so proper repairs to her jury-rigged jib boom were a top priority.
- Antarctic icebergs are different from Arctic icebergs in some ways.
- Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc.
- Yes, this ice shelf has broken up into a mosaic of smaller icebergs.
- In March 1999, two massive icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf.
- Mountains and icebergs, snowflakes and clouds, are delights to me.
- The icebergs came in every category of shape and featured many natural parodies of architectural styles from caveman days to now.
- An Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed and broken up into thousands of icebergs.
- Sun shines on them like white gold and in the shade they become iridescent blue, eerie like glaciers or icebergs.
- The environment in the Antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale which is awe-inspiring.
Synonyms
frozen water

Phrases

the tip of the iceberg

The small, perceptible part of a much larger situation or problem that remains hidden.
冰山一角，（巨大隐情或隐患）露头
the statistics represent just the tip of the iceberg
Example sentencesExamples
- These incidents, she says, are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg.
- This is just the tip of the iceberg, with many missing but not reported.
- ‘The amount of cases that come through to us is just the tip of the iceberg,’ he said.
- These are real women, real situations and sadly, only the tip of the iceberg.
- As I've discovered, the problems that have been reported to date appear to be only the tip of the iceberg.
- Worse still, groundwater moves very slowly, which means that the problems so far encountered may be the tip of the iceberg.
- Unfortunately, checkpoints are only the tip of the iceberg for Palestinians.
- I have only barely touched the tip of the iceberg in regards to bullying.
- Yet they are the tip of an iceberg because most cases of child abuse remain unknown, with children suffering in silence.
- The voyeuristic reader only sees the tip of the iceberg, for there is undoubtedly much more of this story to tell.

Origin

Late 18th century: from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs ‘ice’ + berg ‘hill’.

词汇	iceberg
释义	Definition of iceberg in English: iceberg noun ˈʌɪsbəːɡˈaɪsˌbərɡ A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea. 冰山 Example sentencesExamples The environment in the Antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale which is awe-inspiring. Great floes jostled against each other piling up to form miniature icebergs. Forget the advancing melt rate of Antarctic icebergs and world wide glacier retreat. There were icebergs aplenty, however, as well as strange cloud formations. The icebergs came in every category of shape and featured many natural parodies of architectural styles from caveman days to now. Water lapped at the edge of the ice-sheets, small icebergs floating off and melting in the warmer waters. It commanded wide sweeping views of the oily blue Ross Sea with its huge floating icebergs. Dice warned in a voice that sounded like the grating together of icebergs in a glacier. Sea ice is frozen salt water, and when natural forces break it into pieces, the larger ones are called not icebergs but ice floes. Friends in London envisage glaciers and icebergs up here near the Arctic Circle. An Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed and broken up into thousands of icebergs. Mountains and icebergs, snowflakes and clouds, are delights to me. In March 1999, two massive icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf. This is the mass of the iceberg, the terror that is itself a long-term greenhouse for counter-terror. As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea. Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc. Sun shines on them like white gold and in the shade they become iridescent blue, eerie like glaciers or icebergs. She was still scarred after her encounters with icebergs so proper repairs to her jury-rigged jib boom were a top priority. Antarctic icebergs are different from Arctic icebergs in some ways. Yes, this ice shelf has broken up into a mosaic of smaller icebergs. Synonyms frozen water Phrases the tip of an (or the) iceberg The small perceptible part of a much larger situation or problem that remains hidden. 冰山一角，（巨大隐情或隐患）露头 detected fraud is only the tip of the iceberg 已侦破的欺诈行为只是冰山一角。 Example sentencesExamples These incidents, she says, are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg. I have only barely touched the tip of the iceberg in regards to bullying. This is just the tip of the iceberg, with many missing but not reported. The voyeuristic reader only sees the tip of the iceberg, for there is undoubtedly much more of this story to tell. As I've discovered, the problems that have been reported to date appear to be only the tip of the iceberg. Yet they are the tip of an iceberg because most cases of child abuse remain unknown, with children suffering in silence. ‘The amount of cases that come through to us is just the tip of the iceberg,’ he said. Worse still, groundwater moves very slowly, which means that the problems so far encountered may be the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately, checkpoints are only the tip of the iceberg for Palestinians. These are real women, real situations and sadly, only the tip of the iceberg. Origin Late 18th century: from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs 'ice' + berg 'hill'. The earliest meaning of iceberg in English was for a glacier which is seen from the sea as a hill. The term came in the late 18th century from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs ‘ice’ and berg ‘hill’. The expression the tip of the iceberg, ‘the small visible part of a larger problem that remains hidden’, is surprisingly recent, being recorded only from the 1950s. noun.1 phr. Definition of iceberg in US English: iceberg nounˈaɪsˌbərɡˈīsˌbərɡ A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea. 冰山 Example sentencesExamples Water lapped at the edge of the ice-sheets, small icebergs floating off and melting in the warmer waters. There were icebergs aplenty, however, as well as strange cloud formations. Dice warned in a voice that sounded like the grating together of icebergs in a glacier. Great floes jostled against each other piling up to form miniature icebergs. As the glacier reaches the lake, icebergs break off and slowly drift out to the sea. Sea ice is frozen salt water, and when natural forces break it into pieces, the larger ones are called not icebergs but ice floes. It commanded wide sweeping views of the oily blue Ross Sea with its huge floating icebergs. Forget the advancing melt rate of Antarctic icebergs and world wide glacier retreat. Friends in London envisage glaciers and icebergs up here near the Arctic Circle. This is the mass of the iceberg, the terror that is itself a long-term greenhouse for counter-terror. She was still scarred after her encounters with icebergs so proper repairs to her jury-rigged jib boom were a top priority. Antarctic icebergs are different from Arctic icebergs in some ways. Glaciers can move and calving can occur, causing huge icebergs to break away and wreak havoc. Yes, this ice shelf has broken up into a mosaic of smaller icebergs. In March 1999, two massive icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf. Mountains and icebergs, snowflakes and clouds, are delights to me. The icebergs came in every category of shape and featured many natural parodies of architectural styles from caveman days to now. An Antarctic ice shelf has collapsed and broken up into thousands of icebergs. Sun shines on them like white gold and in the shade they become iridescent blue, eerie like glaciers or icebergs. The environment in the Antarctic is magnificent with glaciers, icebergs and ice floes on a scale which is awe-inspiring. Synonyms frozen water Phrases the tip of the iceberg The small, perceptible part of a much larger situation or problem that remains hidden. 冰山一角，（巨大隐情或隐患）露头 the statistics represent just the tip of the iceberg Example sentencesExamples These incidents, she says, are believed to be just the tip of the iceberg. This is just the tip of the iceberg, with many missing but not reported. ‘The amount of cases that come through to us is just the tip of the iceberg,’ he said. These are real women, real situations and sadly, only the tip of the iceberg. As I've discovered, the problems that have been reported to date appear to be only the tip of the iceberg. Worse still, groundwater moves very slowly, which means that the problems so far encountered may be the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately, checkpoints are only the tip of the iceberg for Palestinians. I have only barely touched the tip of the iceberg in regards to bullying. Yet they are the tip of an iceberg because most cases of child abuse remain unknown, with children suffering in silence. The voyeuristic reader only sees the tip of the iceberg, for there is undoubtedly much more of this story to tell. Origin Late 18th century: from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs ‘ice’ + berg ‘hill’. noun.1 phr.
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