单词 | thaw out |
释义 | > as lemmasthaw out a. transitive. To reduce (a frozen substance, as ice or snow) to a liquid state by raising its temperature above the freezing point; to melt (a frozen liquid). Also thaw out (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (transitive)] > thaw thawc1000 the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (transitive)] > thaw thawc1000 uncongeal1593 unthaw1598 c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 274 Se wind [Zephirus] towyrpð and ðawað ælcne winter. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 755/1 Sette the potte to the fyre to thawe the water. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. i. 5 Where Phœbus fire scarce thawes the ysicles. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. v. 79 Riuers..by a remission of the cold are thawed. a1704 T. Brown London & Lacedemonian Oracles in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 138 After the Snow is thawn. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 349 Mr. Bailly will sooner thaw the eternal ice of his atlantic regions, than restore the central heat to Paris. View more context for this quotation 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 64 Until the warmth of summer returns to thaw it [the snow]. thaw out a. intransitive. Of ice, snow, or other substance: To pass from a frozen to a liquid or semi-liquid state; to melt under the influence of warmth: esp. by rise of temperature after frost. Also thaw out (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > making or becoming liquid > action or process of melting > melt [verb (intransitive)] > thaw thawc1325 uncongeal1593 regeal1653 unfreeze1662 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become clear of frost > thaw thawc1325 c1325 Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 147 Après gelé vent remoyl [gloss] thowyng. 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 453 Many brugges..were i-broke of þe þowynge [v.r. þewinge] of þe yse. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 755/1 I thawe, as snowe or yce dothe for heate. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Thawe as yse dothe, egelidor. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 628 As often as the Yce thereon doth thaw. 1656 Manasseh ben Israel Vindiciæ Judæorum i. 9 The pond thawd. a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 138 Abundance of snow, which thawing in the heat of Summer [etc.]. 1835 J. H. Ingraham South-West I. iii. 33 When vessels in their winter voyages..become coated with ice,..they seek the genial warmth of this region to ‘thaw out’. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 195 The water freezes in November and thaws in May. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 33 Before I can begin to write this letter the ink must be put down by the fire to thaw out, as it is frozen solid. < as lemmas |
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