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icehouse

/ahys-hous/US // ˈaɪsˌhaʊs //

冰库,冰室,冰窖,冰屋

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ice·hous·es [ahys-hou-ziz]. /ˈaɪsˌhaʊ zɪz/.

    • : a building for storing ice.

Examples

  • Mr. McBride ran his upholstery shop in the old icehouse on Lee Street, a few blocks off the square in downtown Clanton.

  • There was also a nice little cave, made of stones, and that was almost as cool as an icehouse.

  • Those that had not long suffered the cold of the icehouse, had all their movements, and went out briskly.

  • Some smaller buildings—the icehouse, the powder house and a sort of stable for the canoes—completed the number.

  • The last places to go before the fire started to burn itself out, were the icehouse and coal yard of the American Ice company.

  • In the illustration men are carrying ice to the circular-shaped, brick, icehouse.