thaw
verb /θɔː/
/θɔː/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they thaw | /θɔː/ /θɔː/ |
| he / she / it thaws | /θɔːz/ /θɔːz/ |
| past simple thawed | /θɔːd/ /θɔːd/ |
| past participle thawed | /θɔːd/ /θɔːd/ |
| -ing form thawing | /ˈθɔːɪŋ/ /ˈθɔːɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] thaw (out) (of ice and snow
冰雪 （结冰后）解冻，融化，融解 - The country was slowly thawing out after the long cold winter.
漫长寒冷的冬天过后，这个国家正在慢慢解冻。
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- blizzard
- drift
- flurry
- hail
- icicle
- sleet
- slush
- snow
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- The snow started to thaw as the temperature kept up.
气温持续不变，积雪开始融化了。 - If a pipe (= the water in a pipe) has frozen, it can be thawed out with a hairdryer.
要是管子冻住了，可以用吹风机解冻。
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- The country was slowly thawing out after the long cold winter.
- [intransitive] when it thaws or is thawing, the weather becomes warm enough to melt snow and ice
天气暖和得使冰雪融化（或解冻） - It's starting to thaw.
冰雪开始融化了。
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- It's starting to thaw.
- [intransitive, transitive] thaw (something) (out) to become, or to let frozen food become, soft or liquid ready for cooking
（使冷冻食品）化冻 - Leave the meat to thaw completely before cooking.
让冻肉完全化冻后再烹煮。
- I'll take a quiche out of the freezer and thaw it out in the microwave.
我会从冰箱里拿出一个乳蛋饼，放在微波炉里解冻。 - If frozen food has thawed out it should never be refrozen.
如果冷冻食品解冻了，就不应该再冷冻了。
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- Leave the meat to thaw completely before cooking.
- [intransitive, transitive] thaw (something) (out) to become, or make something become, a normal temperature after being very cold
（使）回到正常温度，变暖 - I could feel my ears and toes start to thaw out.
我觉得耳朵和脚趾暖和过来了。
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- I could feel my ears and toes start to thaw out.
- [intransitive] thaw (out) to become more friendly and less formal
变得友好（或随和、不拘束） - Relations between the two countries thawed a little after the talks.
谈判后两国关系缓和了些。 - The atmosphere slowly began to thaw.
气氛慢慢开始解冻。 - The old nun was as imperious as ever, but visibly thawed when she saw the children.
老修女仍然像从前一样专横，看到孩子们时却显得温和多了。
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- Relations between the two countries thawed a little after the talks.
词源Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th cent.