2N-COUNT (通常指冬末的)解冻时节,天气回暖期 A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter. (通常指冬末的)解冻时节,天气回暖期
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。
3V-ERG (使)(冷冻食品)解冻,融化 When you thaw frozen food or when it thaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use. (使)(冷冻食品)解冻,融化 [Also VERBPREPOSITION]
Always thaw pastry thoroughly. [VERB noun]
每次都要保证油酥面团彻底解冻。
The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut. [VERB]
冰箱里的食物在停电期间化开了。
Thaw out means the same as thaw .thaw out 同 thaw
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。
I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
我记着出门前把鸡肉化开。
4V-ERG (使)(关系)回暖,缓和,改善 If something thaws relations between people or if relations thaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly. (使)(关系)回暖,缓和,改善
At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere. [VERB noun]
这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。
It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw. [VERB]
直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。
Thaw is also a noun.
His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.
ADJECTIVE | THAW + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤slow緩慢解凍▸➤sudden迅速融化▸➤spring, summer春融;夏融◇The arctic shore remains frozen until the summer thaw.北冰洋海岸一直冰凍到夏融。THAW + VERB➤arrive, begin, come融化開始;解凍期來臨◇The plants will be ready for use when the spring thaw arrives.春融時這些工廠就可以投入使用。PREPOSITION➤during a/the thaw在解凍期間◇The river often floods during the thaw.這條河常在冰融期泛濫。thaw
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ADVERB➤completely完全解凍◇Make sure the meat has thawed completely before cooking.肉要完全解凍後再烹調。➤partially部份解凍➤rapidly, slowly迅速/緩慢解凍▸➤a little (figurative) 略微解凍◇Relations between the two countries thawed a little after the talks.兩國關係在會談後有了一絲解凍。➤out解凍◇Has the meat thawed out yet?肉已經解凍了嗎?