| 单词 | frost-riven |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrost-riven b. In adjectives with the sense ‘damaged by frost’, as frost-rent, frost-riven, etc. Recorded earliest in frostbitten adj. See also frost-burnt adj. at Compounds 4, frostnipped adj. ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 61 Farre poorer then poore frost-bitten Snakes. 1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 84 A frost-rent fragment. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. iii. 58 Proud of your frost-kibed feet, and dirty serge. 1866 Geol. Mag. 3 66 A chemically-corroded, frost-eaten, or rain-worn surface of rock. 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age 62 A heap of frost-riven débris. 1917 Jrnl. Internat. Garden Club Dec. 514 Every frost-rent crack and crevice..becomes a miniature rock garden filled with northern plants. 1993 M. Atwood Robber Bride xxxii. 221 The stumps of broccoli, the unripe tomatoes frost-killed and mushy. 2010 Trail Spring 90/1 It is almost entirely formed of loose, frost-shattered rocks and crags. < as lemmas |
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