thaw

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Related topics: Meteorology, Nature, Cooking

thaw1 /θɔː $ θɒː/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also thaw out)HEMDN if ice or snow thaws, or if the sun thaws it, it turns into water 〔冰雪〕融化 OPP freeze

The lake thawed in March.

3月里，湖水解冻了。

2 it thaws if it thaws, the weather becomes warmer, so that ice and snow melt 〔因天气变暖而〕冰雪融化[解冻]

It thawed overnight.

一夜之间冰雪融化。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also thaw out)DFC to let frozen food become warmer until it is ready to cook （使）〔冷冻食品〕解冻 OPP freeze

Thaw frozen meat in its packet and then cook as soon as possible.

先将冻肉连包装解冻，然后尽快烹煮。

4 [intransitiveI]FRIENDLY to become friendlier and less formal 〔态度〕变得温和[亲热]

After a few glasses of wine Robert began to thaw a little.

几杯酒下肚，罗伯特放开了些。

5 thaw out phrasal verbphr v if your body thaws out, or if you thaw it out, it gets warmer until it is a normal temperature again （使）〔身体〕回到正常温度，变暖

thaw something ↔ out

He held his hands in front of the fire to thaw them out.

他把手伸到炉火前取暖。

Examples from the Corpus

thaw• I suggest wiring them up and trailing them overboard to thaw.• It made her thaw a fraction towards him, in spite of herself.• The snow had started to thaw, and there was a faint scent of spring in the air.• As the Cold War thawed, defense budgets shrank.• The lake is frozen all winter, but it usually thaws in March.• He rubbed one in his hands to thaw it for me and barked at Nina, the black-haired girl.• Put the chicken in the microwave to thaw it out.• When the lakes start to thaw, it's dangerous to go skating.• That night it freezes hard and next morning after a brief breakfast we thaw out the boat and set off again.

Related topics: Meteorology, Nature

thaw2 noun

1 [singular]HEMDN a period of warm weather during which snow and ice melt 融雪期；化冰期；解冻期

The thaw begins in March.

解冻期从3月份开始。

2. [countableC]PG an improvement in relations between two countries, after a period of unfriendliness 〔两国之间关系的〕回暖，缓和，改善

Examples from the Corpus

thaw• Brief thaws came often, but Provincetown seemed, in general, arctic and bereft.• Rocks splintered by centuries of cyclic thaws crumbled under my boots.• Perhaps it was to exploit this slight sign of thaw that Eisenhower immediately afterwards invited Khrushchev to the United States.• Freezing at night, baking during the day, ice storms after spring thaw, all create a rugged habitat.• the spring thaw• Yet the outburst of modernism which occurred in the thaw years, did not spring from a total void.• In many places the thaw was complete, and he trudged through mud.• For a while, until the thaw or rain, these muddy tracks will be fossilised and time will stand still.• the thaw in East-West tensions

Origin thaw1

Old English thawian

thaw1 verbthaw2 noun

Chinese

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