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Thaw   [V Relations Weather Food Ice Warming Chilly

英语单词 thaw
英美音标 英 [θɔː] 美 [θɔː]
中文释义 n.融雪
v.使融解;暖和
英语例句 (1) This year the thaw will set in early.
(2) The sky, swollen with the clouds that announce a thaw, hung as low as before a summer storm.
(3) Come up to the fire,and you will thaw out.
(4) This warm weather should thaw the ice on the road very quickly.
中文例句 (1) 今年融雪将提早。
(2) 天上涨满了预告融雪的云,直压到人头顶上,像夏天里暴风雨之前一样。
(3) 到火炉边来,你就会觉得暖和。
(4) 这样暖和的天气可以使路上的冰很快地融化。
vocabulary简明 When things thaw, they're coming out of deep freeze and warming up. You can thaw a chicken, and a chilly friendship can thaw too.
vocabulary扩展 Anything that thaws is warming up after a frigid or chilly period. The weather thaws when spring hits, especially after a bad winter. When you take food out of the freezer, it thaws. When you have an unpleasant relationship with someone, that can thaw too. A warm, friendly gesture from one person to another can be a sign that their cold relationship is thawing. When you think of thawing, think "Warming up."
柯林斯解释
1
[VERB 动词](冰雪等)融化,融解,解冻 When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen thaws, it melts.
  [V]
  • It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw...

    天太冷了,雪根本化不了。

  • The ground has thawed.

    地面解冻了。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词](通常指冬末的)解冻时节,天气回暖期 A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
  • We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.

    我们在初春解冻时节的泥泞中艰难行进。

3
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(冷冻食品)解冻,融化 When you thaw frozen food or when it thaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.
  [V n]
  [V]
  [V n P]
  [V P n (not pron)]
  [Also V P]
  • Always thaw pastry thoroughly...

    每次都要保证油酥面团彻底解冻。

  • The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut.

    冰箱里的食物在停电期间化开了。

  • Thaw out means the same as thaw .thaw out 同 thaw
    • Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan...

      先把它完全化开,然后再放在平底锅里重新加热。

    • I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.

      我记着出门前把鸡肉化开。

4
[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(关系)回暖,缓和,改善 If something thaws relations between people or if relations thaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly.
  [V n]
  [V]
  • At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere...

    这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。

  • It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.

    直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。

  • Thaw is also a noun.
    • His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.

      他的访问是东西方关系缓和的最突出成果之一。

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