blue ice (不可数 )
蓝冰 ,外表蓝色的冰,由冰河 上的雪形成,里头的气泡被挤出。
1997 , Pat Dasch and Allan Treiman, Blue Ice in Antarctica , Lunar and Planetary Institute :
Antarctica is the best place in the world to find meteorites, and the search for Antarctic meteorites begins with the search for blue ice .
2011 January 14, Eveline Harvey, New Zealand blue ice sighting an unexpected treat for tourists , New Zealand Herald:
Tourists on a boat trip in Mount Cook National Park were subject to a rare treat yesterday, when a section of densely compressed blue ice at the base of an iceberg was briefly visible.
2012 , Glaciology of Blue Ice Areas in Antarctica , Climate Change Institute:
Typically, blue ice areas form where mountains obstruct ice flow and high winds transport a lot of snow.
( 航空 ) 蓝冰,从航空器外漏的人类排泄物 ,在高空冻结,然后掉到地面。
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.