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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6935 COCA: 21397

frost

Word family 
Related topics: Nature
frost1 /frɒst $ frɒːst/ ●●○ noun  
1  [countableC, uncountableU]DNCOLD very cold weather, when water freezes 严寒天气，霜冻
late/early/first frost
 Even in May we can sometimes get a late frost.
即使在5月份，我们有时还会遇到晚春的严寒天气。
hard/heavy/sharp/severe frost (=extremely cold weather) 酷寒
 three continuous nights of hard frost
一连三晚的酷寒
 the risk of frost damage to crops
庄稼遭受霜冻灾害的危险
2  [uncountableU]DN ice that looks white and powdery and covers things that are outside when the temperature is very cold 霜
 The grass and trees were white with frost.
草上和树上结了一层白霜。
n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2
adjectives
a 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.
verbs
the 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 + NOUN
frost damage (=damage to plants, caused by frost)
Some crop regions may have suffered frost damage.
Examples from the Corpus
frost• Frost covered all the windows.• A frost warning was issued for most of South Carolina.• During the first few weeks, check that they haven't been lifted by frost or pecked out by birds.• The Ohio valley is expecting the first frost of the season by Monday morning.• At a great distance, the ghostly frost of a snow peak seemed suspended from the clear sky.• Kevin Lindsay, a farmer in the northwest Iowa town of Correctionville, had frost on the inside of his windows.• Or late frosts, and drizzle throughout August?• Here and there the frost had drawn trees and other patterns on the windowpanes.• There was frost on the windows and a chill in the air.• After that it was all weather: frosts and rains and spring and summer, and the long days growing longer.• Already the grass was becoming crisp with frost.
late/early/first frost• It would never survive, of course; the slightest hint of a late frost and it would wither and drop.• But late frosts may have hit the barleys, he believes.• To see that the sowing is begun sufficiently early to avoid risks of early frosts. 17.• Or late frosts, and drizzle throughout August?• The next morning they lay burned and blasted, blackened by the first frost, their seeds promising their resurrection.• When the first frosts came he moved back down to the village.• The early frost today was a worry.• Experts are blaming cool, wet weather throughout June, perhaps coupled with late frosts.
Related topics: Cooking
frost2 verb [transitiveT]  
1.DFC especially American EnglishAmE to cover a cake with a mixture of powdery sugar and liquid 在〔糕饼〕上撒糖霜 SYN British English ice
2 frost over/up phrasal verbphr v COLDto become covered in frost 布满霜，结霜
 Overnight all the windowpanes had frosted over.
一夜之间，窗玻璃上都结满了霜。
Examples from the Corpus
frost over/up• Overnight all the windowpanes had been frosted over.• All the windowpanes had frosted over during the night.
Examples from the Corpus
frost• Overnight all the windowpanes had been frosted over.• Continue beating while adding Karo syrup a little at a time, until frosting peaks.• Mrs Clancy's was a marble cake frosted white and decorated with chocolate curls and chocolate creams.• As the particle is frosted with droplets of supercooled water, it begins the six-mile plunge to Earth.
Origin frost1
Old English related to freeze
frost1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1frost2 verb
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6935 COCA: 21397
frost

noun

ADJECTIVE | ... OF FROST | VERB + FROST | FROST + NOUN | FROST + VERB | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤hard, heavy, killing, severe, sharp (BrE) 嚴寒；酷寒；天寒地凍▸➤white白霜➤hoar白霜▸➤light輕霜▸➤early, late早霜；晚霜◇The young plants all died in the late frost.幼苗全在晚霜中凍死了。➤first, last初霜；終霜▸➤spring, winter, etc.晚霜、冬霜等▸➤ground (BrE) 地面霜◇a heavy ground frost一場嚴重的地面霜➤night (BrE) 夜霜... OF FROST➤touch (especially BrE) 一點點寒冷◇There was just a touch of frost in the air.空氣中略有一絲寒意。➤degree (BrE) 冰點以下⋯度◇There were ten degrees of frost last night.昨晚零下 10 度。VERB + FROST➤be covered in, be covered with覆蓋着霜◇The windows were covered in frost.窗上結滿了霜。FROST + NOUN➤damage霜害➤date (NAmE) 霜日➤line (NAmE) 霜線FROST + VERB➤arrive, come, set in (especially BrE) 下霜；出現霜凍◇The winter frosts have arrived.下冬霜了。➤melt霜凍融化◇The car was wet with melting frost.汽車被融霜弄得濕漉漉的。PHRASES➤a danger of frost, a risk of frost (especially BrE) 有霜凍的危險／可能
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6935 COCA: 21397
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6935 COCA: 21397

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