thaw

英 [θɔː] 美[θɔ]

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

thaw 解冻，融化

来自古英语 thawian,来自 Proto-Germanic*thawon,来自 PIE*ta,融化，词源同拉丁语 tabes,融化，腐化。

thaw (n.): "the melting of ice or snow," also "spell of weather causing this," c. 1400, from thaw (v.). Figurative sense is from 1590s; specifically "relaxation of political harshness or hostility" from 1950, an image from the "Cold War."
thaw (v.): Old English þawian (transitive), from Proto-Germanic *thawon- (cognates: Old Norse þeyja, Middle Low German doien, Dutch dooien, Old High German douwen, German tauen "to thaw"), from PIE root *ta- "to melt, dissolve" (cognates: Sanskrit toyam "water," Ossetic thayun "to thaw," Welsh tawadd "molten," Doric Greek takein "to melt, waste, be consumed," Old Irish tam "pestilence," Latin tabes "a melting, wasting away, putrefaction," Old Church Slavonic tajati "to melt"). Intransitive sense from early 14c. Related: Thawed; thawing.

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。

3. It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.: 直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。

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。