音标:[θɔ:z] ;
n. (足以解冻的)暖和天气( thaw的名词复数 ); (敌对国家之间)关系缓和
v. (气候)解冻( thaw的第三人称单数 ); (态度、感情等)缓和; (冰、雪及冷冻食物)溶化; 软化
n the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
n warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt
n a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile
v become or cause to become soft or liquid

thaw的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. This year the thaw will set in early.今年融雪将提早。
  2. The sky, swollen with the clouds that announce a thaw, hung as low as before a summer storm.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。
用作动词(v.)
  1. Come up to the fire,and you will thaw out.到火炉边来,你就会觉得暖和。
  2. This warm weather should thaw the ice on the road very quickly.这样暖和的天气可以使路上的冰很快地融化。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The ice thawed in the sun.冰在阳光下融化。
  2. It thawed early last spring.去年春天解冻得很早。
  3. He thawed after sitting at a fire for a while.在火堆旁坐了一会儿,他觉得暖和起来了。
  4. His shyness thawed under her kindness.他的羞怯在她的亲切态度之下消失了。
用作及物动词S+ ~+n./pron.
  1. The little girl's smile thawed the angry old man.小姑娘的微笑使发怒的老头缓和下来。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The spring thaw caused heavy flooding.春天解冻导致了洪水泛滥。
  2. A thaw has set in.暖流来临了。

词汇搭配

  • thaw out解冻
  • thaw temperature融解温度
  • thaw hole融解洞
  • thaw dripping解冻滴液,化霜水...
  • freeze thaw冷冻-融化, 冻融...
  • silver thaw银光霜
  • thaw collapse融沉
  • thaw bowl融化盘
  • thaw depression融冻洼地
  • thaw point解冻温度
  • thaw lake解冻湖,融冻湖...
  • thaw depth融化深度

经典引文

  • We were trapped in the ice and had to wait for the thaw.

    出自:J. Clavell
  • The splintering of ice in the first spring thaw.

    出自:P. Fitzgerald
  • If the Sun of Righteousness will arise upon him, his frozen Heart shall feel a Thaw.

    出自:fig.
  • Where Phoebus' fire scarce thaws the icicles.

    出自:Merchant of Venice,Shakespeare
  • Energy to thaw the frozen lake of my ideas.

    出自:fig.
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