thaw

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CET6+TEM4IELTSGRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)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;

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。

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.

1. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere.: 這第二次會(huì)議至少起到了緩和氣氛的作用。

3. It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.: 直到圣誕節(jié)政治關(guān)系才有所改善。

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。

5. We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.: 我們?cè)诔醮航鈨鰰r(shí)節(jié)的泥濘中艱難行進(jìn)。