icing

Compared meaning: the sweet coating on top of a cake (noun).

比较义项：蛋糕上的糖衣（名词）。

• ice

  As a noun for cake coating, "ice" is a rarer, chiefly British and somewhat dated or literary word; everyday speech almost always uses "icing" instead.

  “ice”表示糖衣时较为少见，偏英式、略显陈旧或书面化，日常口语中更常用“icing”。

  The Victorian recipe book described a smooth ice of sugar and lemon on the cake.

  那本维多利亚时代的食谱描述了蛋糕上一层由糖和柠檬做成的光滑糖衣。

• icing 本词

  "Icing" is the standard, everyday word for the sweet sugary coating on a cake, used in ordinary recipes and casual conversation.

  “icing”是表示蛋糕甜味糖衣的常用日常说法，用于普通食谱和口语，而“ice”作此义时较少见。

  She spread pink icing over the cake before adding sprinkles.

  她在蛋糕上抹了一层粉色糖霜，然后撒上装饰糖粒。

Ice and icing both mean the sweet coating on a cake. Ice is rare here, mainly British, and old-fashioned. Icing is the normal, everyday word for it. It does not cover ice's other meaning, frozen water.

这两个词在此义项上词义相近，都指涂在蛋糕表面的甜味糖衣，但“ice”作此义较少见、偏英式且略显陈旧或书面化，日常更常用“icing”。这里不比较“ice”的“冰、冰冻”义。