- vi. 融解；變暖和
- vt. 使融解；使變得不拘束
- n. 解凍；融雪
- n. (Thaw)人名；(緬)陶
CET6+TEM4IELTSGRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?thaws;第三人稱單數(shù):?thaws;過去式:?thawed;過去分詞:?thawed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?thawing;
中文詞源
thaw 解凍，融化來自古英語 thawian,來自 Proto-Germanic*thawon,來自 PIE*ta,融化，詞源同拉丁語 tabes,融化， 腐化。
英文詞源
- thaw (n.)
- "the melting of ice or snow," also "spell of weather causing this," c. 1400, from thaw (v.). Figurative sense is from 1590s; specifically "relaxation of political harshness or hostility" from 1950, an image from the "Cold War."
- thaw (v.)
- Old English tawian (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *thawon- (cognates: Old Norse teyja, Middle Low German doien, Dutch dooien, Old High German douwen, German tauen "to thaw"), from PIE root *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (cognates: Sanskrit toyam "water," Ossetic thayun "to thaw," Welsh tawadd "molten," Doric Greek takein "to melt, waste, be consumed," Old Irish tam "pestilence," Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," Old Church Slavonic tajati "to melt"). Intransitive sense from early 14c. Related: Thawed; thawing.
雙語例句
- 1. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere.
- 這第二次會議至少起到了緩和氣氛的作用。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
- 我記著出門前把雞肉化開。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
- 直到圣誕節(jié)政治關系才有所改善。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan.
- 先把它完全化開，然后再放在平底鍋里重新加熱。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
- 我們在初春解凍時節(jié)的泥濘中艱難行進。
來自柯林斯例句