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word frost
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/frɒ̱st, AM frɔ͟ːst/
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[N-VAR 可变名词]霜;霜冻;严寒天气 When there is frost or a frost, the temperature outside falls below freezing point and the ground becomes covered in ice crystals.
  • There is frost on the ground and snow is forecast...

    地上结霜了,而且预报说会有雪。

  • The wind had veered to north, bringing clear skies and a keen frost.

    风向已经转北,带来了晴朗的天空和严重的霜冻。

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[PHRASE 短语]冰点以下…度;零下…度 When someone says that there are a particular number of degrees of frost they mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.
  [BRIT 英]
  • We had 11 degrees of frost last night.

    昨天夜里气温降到了零下 11 度。


Oxford frost / frɒst ; NAmE frɔːst /
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frost frosts frosted frosting
noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] a weather condition in which the temperature drops below 0°C (= freezing point) so that a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground and other surfaces, especially at night 严寒天气;霜冻;冰点以下的温度 It will be a clear night with some ground frost. 今夜晴,部份地面有霜冻。 a sharp/hard/severe frost 酷寒 There were ten degrees of frost (= the temperature dropped to -10°C)last night. 昨夜零下 10 摄氏度。 frost damage 霜冻害 2 [uncountable ] the thin white layer of ice that forms when the temperature drops below 0°C The car windows were covered with frost. 车窗玻璃结了霜。 see also
hoar frost
verb 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] to cover sth or to become covered with a thin white layer of ice (使)蒙上霜,结霜 froststh (over/up) The mirror was frosted up. 镜子蒙了一层霜。 frost(over/up) The windows had frosted over. 窗子结满了霜。 2 [transitive ] froststh ( especially NAmE) to cover a cake with icing/frosting 给(糕饼)覆上糖霜 frost / frɒst ; NAmE frɔːst /
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frostfrost1 /frɒst $ frɒːst/ ●●○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] very cold weather, when water freezeslate/early/first frost Even in May we can sometimes get a late frost.hard/heavy/sharp/severe frost (=extremely cold weather) three continuous nights of hard frost the risk of frost damage to crops2[uncountable] ice that looks white and powdery and covers things that are outside when the temperature is very cold:  The grass and trees were white with frost.COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2adjectivesa severe frost (=when the temperature falls several degrees below freezing point)· Many plants were damaged by the severe frost.a hard/heavy frost (=a severe frost)· We’ve had three continuous nights of hard frost.a sharp frost (=a sudden severe frost)· There had been a sharp frost overnight.ground frost (=frost that forms only on the ground)· Scotland should have a dry night, with a touch of ground frost in northern glens.an early frost (=one that happens before winter)· I hoped the early frost wasn’t a sign of a bad winter to come.a late frost (=one that happens in late spring)· There’s always the danger of a late frost killing the buds.verbsthe frost melts· The frost was gradually melting.be covered in frost· The lawn was covered in frost.protect something against frost· The plants need to be protected against frost.frost + NOUNfrost damage (=damage to plants, caused by frost)· Some crop regions may have suffered frost damage.
frost1 noun
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frostfrost2 verb [transitive]
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especially American English to cover a cake with a mixture of powdery sugar and liquid SYN ice British Englishfrost over/up phrasal verb to become covered in frost:  Overnight all the windowpanes had frosted over.
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frost

[frɒst]frosted, frosting, frosts

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frosted[545] frosting[1087]
霜(66%),霜冻(21%),结霜(5%),严寒(5%),冻死(2%),用糖衣装饰(1%)
n.霜;冰冻,严寒;冷淡
vi.结霜;受冻
vt.结霜于;冻坏
n.(Frost)人名;(英、捷、葡、瑞典、德、匈、罗、丹、俄)弗罗斯特

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