释义 |
unˈthawed, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] Not thawed; remaining frozen.
1611Florio, Indileguato, vnthawed, vnuanished. 1657H. King ‘Tell me, you stars’ 10 Or give her my flame to melt that snow Which yet unthaw'd does on her bosom grow. 1665–6Phil. Trans. I. 260 Solid Ice, that continued a considerable while unthaw'd. 1734Pope Hor. Sat. ii. ii. 14 Your wine lock'd up, your Butler stroll'd abroad, Or fish deny'd (the river yet unthaw'd). 1774Phil. Trans. LXV. 122 Whilst that [snow]..continues so many hours unthawed. 1825Hook Sayings & Doings II. 283 His maiden aunt, whose heart had remained unthawed for upwards of sixty winters. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh vii. 243 [She bore] A babe upon her breast,..Unseasonable outcast on such snow Unthawed to this time. |