thaw

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /θɔː/    美 /θɔ/|/θɑ/|/θoː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gradual melting or softening of something frozen (such as earth, ice, or snow) when the temperature rises; the transformation of something frozen into a fluid or semifluid. also,attributive
  2. A gradual warming up of someone or something that is very cold. also,attributive
    — raging floods pursue their hasty thaw; / Our thaw was mild , the cold not chased away
  3. Of something inactive: an act of becoming active; also, of something unfeeling: an act of developing feelings. also,attributive,figuratively
  4. Of a person who is reserved or unfriendly: an act of becoming friendly or gentle. also,attributive,figuratively
  5. A period of relaxation of restrictions in a country or state; also, a period of increased friendliness or understanding, or of reduced hostility or tension in relations, between states. also,attributive,figuratively
  6. A period of weather warm enough to melt ice, snow, etc. also,attributive
动词 v.
  1. To gradually cause (something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow) to melt or soften by raising the temperature. transitive
    — Sette the potte to the fyre to thawe the water: […]
  2. To gradually cause (someone or something that is very cold) to warm up. transitive
    — [M]y very lippes might freeze to my teeth, my tongue to the roofe of my mouth, my heart in my belly, ere I ſhould come by a fire to thavv me, […]
  3. To cause (something inactive) to become active; also, to cause (something unfeeling) to have feelings. figuratively,transitive
    — [N]ovv my loue is thavv'd, / VVhich like a vvaxen Image 'gainſt a fire / Beares no impreſſion of the thing it vvas.
  4. To cause (someone or their feelings that are reserved or unfriendly) to become friendly or gentle. figuratively,transitive
  5. To cause (something rigid) to become limp. archaic,figuratively,rare,transitive
    — "Speak aloud, my lord," said Elizabeth, "and at farther distance, so please you—your breath thaws our ruff. What have you to ask of us?"
  6. Of something frozen, such as earth, ice, or snow: to gradually melt or soften as a result of the temperature being raised. intransitive
    — the ice thaws
  7. Of someone or something that is very cold: to gradually warm up. intransitive
    — The bog's green harper, thawing from his sleep, / Twangs a hoarse note and tried a shortened leap; […]
  8. With the dummy pronoun it: of the weather: to become sufficiently warm for ice, snow, etc., to melt. impersonal,intransitive
    — It’s beginning to thaw.
  9. Of a person or their feelings that are reserved or unfriendly: to become friendly or gentle. figuratively,intransitive
    — Her anger has thawed.
  10. Of something inactive: to become active; also, of something unfeeling: to develop feelings. figuratively,intransitive

词形变化

thaws present,singular,third-person thawing participle,present thawed past thawed participle,past thawn nonstandard,participle,past,poetic,rare no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template thaw infinitive thaw first-person,present,singular thawed first-person,past,singular thaw present,second-person,singular thawest archaic,present,second-person,singular thawed past,second-person,singular thawedst archaic,past,second-person,singular thaws present,singular,third-person thaweth archaic,present,singular,third-person thawed past,singular,third-person thaw plural,present thawed past,plural thaw present,subjunctive thawed past,subjunctive thaw imperative,present - imperative,past thawing participle,present thawed participle,past thow alternative thaws plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dethaw freeze-thaw postthaw rethaw thawable thawed thawer thawing thawingly thawless thaw out unthaw unthawed thawy silver thaw thaw-drop thaw wind under-thaw
相关词
snowmelt

词源

词源 1
The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above).
cognates
* Dutch dooien (“to thaw”)
* German tauen (“to thaw”)
* German Low German deien (“to thaw”)
* Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”)
* Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”)
* Swedish töa (“to thaw”)
* West Frisian teie (“to thaw”)
词源 2
The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”).
The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above).
cognates
* Dutch dooien (“to thaw”)
* German tauen (“to thaw”)
* German Low German deien (“to thaw”)
* Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”)
* Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”)
* Swedish töa (“to thaw”)
* West Frisian teie (“to thaw”)
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