thaw

英 [θɔː]

美 [θɔː]

v.  (结冰后)解冻，融化，融解; 天气暖和得使冰雪融化(或解冻); (使冷冻食品)化冻
n.  解冻时期; 融化季节; (敌对国家之间)关系缓和

过去分词：thawed　过去式：thawed　现在分词：thawing　第三人称单数：thaws　复数：thaws　

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同义词辨析

meltdissolvefusethaw【导航词义：融化，溶解】

短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• （结冰后）解冻，融化，融解
  to turn back into water after being frozen
• 天气暖和得使冰雪融化（或解冻）
  when it thaws or is thawing , the weather becomes warm enough to melt snow and ice
  1. It's starting to thaw.
     天气转暖，冰雪开始融化了。
• （使冷冻食品）化冻
  to become, or to let frozen food become, soft or liquid ready for cooking
  1. Leave the meat to thaw completely before cooking.
     让冻肉完全化冻后再烹煮。
• （使）回到正常温度，变暖
  to become, or make sth become, a normal temperature after being very cold
  1. I could feel my ears and toes start to thaw out.
     我觉得耳朵和脚趾暖和过来了。
• 变得友好（或随和、不拘束）
  to become more friendly and less formal
  1. Relations between the two countries thawed a little after the talks.
     谈判后两国关系缓和了些。

noun

• 解冻时期；融化季节
  a period of warmer weather following one of cold weather, causing snow and ice to melt
• （敌对国家之间）关系缓和
  a situation in which the relations between two enemy countries become more friendly

柯林斯词典

• VERB (冰雪等)融化，融解，解冻
  When ice, snow, or something else that is frozenthaws, it melts.
  1. It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw...
     天太冷了，雪根本化不了。
  2. The ground has thawed.
     地面解冻了。
• N-COUNT (通常指冬末的)解冻时节，天气回暖期
  Athawis a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
  1. We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
     我们在初春解冻时节的泥泞中艰难行进。
• V-ERG (使)(冷冻食品)解冻，融化
  When youthawfrozen food or when itthaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.
  1. Always thaw pastry thoroughly...
     每次都要保证油酥面团彻底解冻。
  2. The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut.
     冰箱里的食物在停电期间化开了。
  3. Thaw outmeans the same asthaw.
     thaw out 同 thaw
  4. Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan...
     先把它完全化开，然后再放在平底锅里重新加热。
  5. I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
     我记着出门前把鸡肉化开。
• V-ERG (使)(关系)回暖，缓和，改善
  If somethingthawsrelations between people or if relationsthaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly.
  1. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere...
     这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。
  2. It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
     直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。
  3. Thawis also a noun.
     
  4. His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.
     他的访问是东西方关系缓和的最突出成果之一。

英英释义

noun

• a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve
  1. the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs
• warm weather following a freeze
  1. they welcomed the spring thaw
  Synonym:thawingwarming
• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid
  1. the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster
  2. the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours
  Synonym:meltthawingmelting

verb

• become or cause to become soft or liquid
  1. The sun melted the ice
  2. the ice thawed
  3. the ice cream melted
  4. The heat melted the wax
  5. The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase
  6. dethaw the meat
  Synonym:dissolveunfreezeunthawdethawmelt

双语例句

• Leave the chicken out overnight to thaw it out.
  把这只鸡在外放一晚上就解冻了。
• When it's icy the city salts the roads to thaw the ice.
  结冰的日子，城里的马路上都撒了盐用以解冻。
• She was rather unfriendly to me at first, but she soon began to thaw.
  她起初对我不大友好，但不久她开始变得随和了。
• Bob and Louise had prepared a sumptuous meal to thaw out our bodies.
  鲍勃和路易丝为我们准备了一顿丰盛的饭菜给我们暖暖身子。
• 11-12 The number of hours it takes to thaw a frozen 22-to 24-pound turkey in cold water.
  11-12在冷水里解冻一只22到24磅的火鸡要11-12个小时。
• It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
  直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。
• In the Big Woods the snow was beginning to thaw.
  大森林中的雪已经开始融化。
• At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere
  这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。
• And more and more people rely on microwaves to thaw frozen food in minutes.
  越来越多的人依赖微波炉在几分钟内把冷冻食品解冻。
• Always thaw pastry thoroughly
  每次都要保证油酥面团彻底解冻。