ice up

givrer, se couvrir de glace

Se couvrir de glace ou se boucher à cause de la glace.

En anglais simple : To become covered or blocked with ice.

• The windows iced up overnight.
• These pipes can ice up in winter.
• Have the plane’s wings started icing up?

Synonymes : freeze over, freeze up

Contraires : thaw

Expressions courantes : ice up overnight, ice up in winter

se couvrir de glace, recouvrir de glace

Se couvrir de glace, se boucher à cause du gel, ou provoquer cela.

En anglais simple : To become covered or blocked with frozen water, or make something become this way.

• The windows ice up in winter.
• Both wings iced up during the flight.
• Could this cold weather ice up the pipes?

Synonymes : freeze over

Expressions courantes : ice up completely, ice up overnight

mettre des glaçons, appliquer de la glace

Mettre des glaçons dans une boisson ou de la glace sur le corps pour refroidir.

En anglais simple : To put frozen water in a drink or on part of the body to cool it.

• Ice up the drinks before lunch.
• She iced her knee up after the match.
• Can you ice up this cooler?

Comment l'utiliser : ice something up (Ice your ankle up after training.)

Synonymes : ice, chill

Expressions courantes : ice up something, ice something up