1. Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. 制造一台有效率的“冰箱”不像我们想像的那么简单。
2. The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken. 认为最好的冰箱应该防止冰的融化这样一个普遍的观点显然是错误的。
3. " Seward was laughed at for his willingness to spend so much on "Seward's icebox" and Andrew Johnson's "polar bear garden. 因为以这么高的代价买下这个「西华的冰柜」，以及安德鲁．詹森的「北极熊的花园」，西华遭到各界的嘲笑。
英英解释
n.
1. white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures
