Thaw

[θɔː] or [θɔ]

解释:

(noun.) a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; 'the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs'.

(noun.) warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; 'they welcomed the spring thaw'.

(noun.) the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; 'the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster'; 'the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours'.

手打:洛伊斯--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.

(v. i.) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow; -- said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

(v. i.) Fig.: To grow gentle or genial.

(v. t.) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

(n.) The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost; also, a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is congealed.

整理:罗拉

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Melt (after freezing), dissolve, liquefy, become fluid.

v. a. Melt (something frozen), dissolve.

手打:卡尔

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Dissolve, melt, liquefy

ANT:Freeze, congeal, harden

校对:马尔科姆

解释:

v.i. to melt or grow liquid as ice: to become so warm as to melt ice.—v.t. to cause to melt.—n. the melting of ice or snow by heat: the change of weather which causes it.—adj. Thaw′y inclined to thaw.

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