单词 | defreeze |
释义 | defreezen. The act or process of unfreezing. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > becoming hot or warm > becoming unfrozen defreeze1962 1962 Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 1/6 Describing yesterday as ‘defreeze day’, the Association gave warning of..a covering of water on roads already ice-bound. 1963 Guardian 30 Jan. 16/5 The ‘de-freeze’ of the main roads of Britain was almost complete. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). defreezev. transitive. = defrost v. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > heat or make hot [verb (transitive)] > unfreeze unfreeze1598 unfrost1611 thawa1616 defreeze1922 de-ice1935 defrost1937 1922 Evening News 20 Dec. 4/3 When these birds, only lightly frozen for the voyage, are ‘defrozen’—the trade term. 1963 Guardian 4 Feb. 16/1 (heading) Electric charge to defreeze pipes. 1970 Guardian 8 May 9/4 We recently defroze a rock hard salmon which left the sea..on August 16, 1969. It was superb. Derivatives deˈfreezing n. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > [noun] > unfreezing defrosting1895 defreezing1901 de-icing1935 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 10/2 A new process of ‘defreezing’ is now being tried. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1962v.1901 |
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