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blue ice (不可數)

  1. 藍冰,外表藍色的冰,由冰河上的雪形成,裡頭的氣泡被擠出。
  2. (航空) 藍冰,從航空器外漏的人類排泄物,在高空凍結,然後掉到地面。
    • 2002 November 21, Mark Belko, The sky is falling? Uh, not exactly, post-gazette.com:
      Cadamore believes the mess came from an airplane. In the airline industry, it's euphemistically known as blue ice. Most people have far less judicious names for it. Such waste apparently is caused by leaks in airplane lavatories.
    • 2006 October 20, Toilet Ice Rips Hole in Couple's Roof, Fox News:
      A chunk of blue ice, apparently from the holding tank of an aircraft toilet, ripped a hole in an elderly couple's roof and destroyed a bed.
    • 2008 April 14, Frozen jetliner waste smashes into home, UPI:
      Simey had just returned home from taking her 6-month-old son to a doctor when a block of "blue ice" landed in the master bedroom, right on her bed.
    • 2018 January 22, 'Airline poo' falls on India village causing confusion, BBC:
      They are often called "blue ice", because of the chemicals added to the toilets in planes to reduce odour and break down the waste.

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