icebreaker

US [ˈaɪsˌbreɪkər]
UK [ˈaɪsˌbreɪkə(r)]
  • n.破冰船；（初次见面时）消除隔阂的行动
  • Web入门；破冰者；碎冰船
Plural Form：icebreakers  

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icebreaker
n.
1.
破冰船a strong ship designed to break a way through ice, for example in the Arctic or Antarctic
2.
（初次见面时）消除隔阂的行动，活跃气氛的话a thing that you do or say, like a game or a joke, to make people feel less nervous when they first meet

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Definition:
AllAll,破冰船破冰船,消除隔阂的行动消除隔阂的行动,入门入门,破冰者破冰者,碎冰船碎冰船
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1.
When you realize the best icebreaker is a few words from the heart, the act of starting a conversation becomes far less daunting.
当你明白打破沉默最好的方式就是说心里话后，再想发起谈话就没那么可怕了。
dāng nǐ míng bái dǎ pò chén mò zuì hǎo de fāng shì jiù shì shuō xīn lǐ huà hòu , zài xiǎng fā qǐ tán huà jiù méi nà me kě pà le 。
blog.163.com
2.
The only game that might be useful is a simple icebreaker to introduce old friends to new neighbors.
唯一不错的而又比较实用的活动，便是打破僵局把老朋友介绍给新邻居认识。
wéi yī bú cuò de ér yòu bǐ jiào shí yòng de huó dòng , biàn shì dǎ pò jiāng jú bǎ lǎo péng yǒu jiè shào gěi xīn lín jū rèn shi 。
mall.sina.com.cn
3.
As you can imagine, speaking in front of 300 people was a nerve-wracking experience for me, but it was also an icebreaker.
可以想像，要在300多人面前讲话令我多么紧张，但它也使我打开了局面。
kě yǐ xiǎng xiàng , yào zài sān bǎi duō rén miàn qián jiǎng huà lìng wǒ duō me jǐn zhāng , dàn tā yě shǐ wǒ dǎ kāi liǎo jú miàn 。
www.america.gov
4.
Just two weeks ago, a Russian nuclear icebreaker had a radioactive leak and had to be towed back to port from the icy Kara Sea.
就在两个星期之前，才有一艘俄罗斯核动力破冰船在冰冷的喀拉海（KaraSea）发生了放射性物质泄漏，不得不被拖回港口。
jiù zài liǎng gè xīng qī zhī qián , cái yǒu yī sōu é luó sī hé dòng lì pò bīng chuán zài bīng lěng de kā lā hǎi ( KaraSea ) fā shēng le fàng shè xìng wù zhì xiè lòu , bù dé bù bèi tuō huí gǎng kǒu 。
dongxi.net
5.
They hadn't spoken for nearly a month, when he broke the icebreaker by asking her to marry him.
他们已经有近一个月不讲话了，终于他向她求婚打破了僵局。
tā men yǐ jīng yǒu jìn yī gè yuè bù jiǎng huà le , zhōng yú tā xiàng tā qiú hūn dǎ pò le jiāng jú 。
blog.hjenglish.com
6.
Permission from the Russian authorities and at least one Russian atomic icebreaker as an escort are required to use the route.
因为要使用该航线，必须获得俄罗斯当局的许可，并得到至少一艘俄罗斯破冰船的护送。
yīn wèi yào shǐ yòng gāi háng xiàn , bì xū huò de é luó sī dāng jú de xǔ kě , bìng dé dào zhì shǎo yī sōu é luó sī pò bīng chuán de hù sòng 。
cn.reuters.com
7.
This sort of Montana icebreaker isn't for everyone.
这种蒙大拿的新鲜旅游并不是适合所有人。
zhè zhǒng méng dà ná de xīn xiān lǚ yóu bìng bú shì shì hé suǒ yǒu rén 。
article.yeeyan.org
8.
Every morning, the icebreaker slogs around getting the tankers and barges in her care loose from the ice that has formed overnight.
每早，破冰船都要在油轮周围破冰，要把晚上结的冰破开。
měi zǎo , pò bīng chuán dōu yào zài yóu lún zhōu wéi pò bīng , yào bǎ wǎn shang jié de bīng pò kāi 。
article.yeeyan.org
9.
Since the fifth of January, the Coast Guard icebreaker Healy has been escorting a Russian tanker through the frozen Bering Sea toward Nome.
自一月五日，海岸巡逻队破冰船Healy号已经护送一艘俄国油轮穿越已经结冰的白令海前往诺姆。
zì yī yuè wǔ rì , hǎi àn xún luó duì pò bīng chuán Healy hào yǐ jīng hù sòng yī sōu é guó yóu lún chuān yuè yǐ jīng jié bīng de bái lìng hǎi qián wǎng nuò mǔ 。
article.yeeyan.org
10.
This visit was an icebreaker of sorts, but Zimbabwe's unity government still has an awful lot to prove.
此次访问是破冰之旅，但是，津巴布韦联合政府仍然有很多方面需要证明。
cǐ cì fǎng wèn shì pò bīng zhī lǚ , dàn shì , jīn bā bù wéi lián hé zhèng fǔ réng rán yǒu hěn duō fāng miàn xū yào zhèng míng 。
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