薄冰

The sleety frozen earth began to soften under thaw and the rain.

薄冰冻结的土地在春融雨淋之下漫漫地软化了。

Now two studies published in the journal Nature suggest that notion may be all wet. Because at least one asteroid appears to be coated by a thin layer of ice. And just that kind of asteroidal frosting could have been the source of our water here on Earth.

现在，《自然》杂志发表的两项研究告诉我们这一观念恐怕是大错特错的，因为我们至少已发现了一颗小行星表面覆盖着一层薄冰，而且只有这种小行星结霜有可能是地球上水的来源。

Sakha fishermen and hunters live in cabins along the banks of the river, hunting in the forest for furs and chipping holes through the ice to fish.

在冰封的维柳伊河薄冰上滑行。萨哈的鱼夫和猎人住在河背面的小屋。打森林的皮草，在冰上打洞钓鱼。

He took all manner of risks, resolutely thrusting his little weazened face into the frost and struggling on from dim dawn to dark.

从昏暗的黎明一直到黑夜，他冒着各种危险，干枯瘦小的脸坚定不移地迎着严寒，挣扎前行，他沿着凹凸不平的湖岸，在湖边上行走，薄冰在脚下坍塌、崩裂，他们不敢在上面逗留。

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

在薄冰上滑冰时，安全取决于速度。

The coach and horses had long been taken across to the other bank, and had been put back into the shafts, and the sun had half sunk below the horizon, and the frost of evening was starring the pools at the fording-place; but Pierre and Andrey, to the astonishment of the footmen, coachmen, and ferrymen, still stood in the ferry and were still talking.

四轮马车和马匹早已登上了彼岸，把马套上车了，夕阳已经西沉了一半，薄暮的寒气袭来，摆渡口上的水洼覆盖着点缀有星星的薄冰，使仆人、马车夫、渡船夫觉得惊奇的是，皮埃尔和安德烈还站在渡船上聊天。

The rest of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, which totals about 14,500 square kilometers, is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice.

总面积约在14500平方公里的威尔金斯冰架的其他部分正在支撑着一条狭长的薄冰。

As you claw the thin ice.

当你抓着薄冰的时候

As you claw the thin ice.

当你抓住这层薄冰

I suddenly found there was a lot of thin ice dropping from the sky.

我突然发现有很多薄冰下降，从天空的。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。