iceberg
noun /ˈaɪsbɜːɡ/
/ˈaɪsbɜːrɡ/
Idioms - an extremely large mass of ice floating in the sea
冰山（浮在海上的巨大冰块） - The ship struck a hidden iceberg.
船撞上了一座隐藏的冰山。
Collocations DictionaryIceberg is used before these nouns:- lettuce
词源late 18th cent.: from Dutch ijsberg, from ijs ‘ice’ + berg ‘hill’. - The ship struck a hidden iceberg.
Idioms
the tip of the iceberg
- only a small part of a much larger problem
（问题的）冰山一角 - This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.
这个数字只是冰山一角，因为多达90%的病例没有报告。
- This figure represents only the tip of the iceberg, since as many as 90% of cases go unreported.