释义 |
anti-freeze, a. and n.|ˈæntɪfriːz| [anti-1 4, 7.] A. adj. That reduces the tendency (of a liquid) to freeze. B. n. A chemical agent added to water to lower its freezing point.
1913A. L. Clough Dict. Automobile Terms 13 Anti-freeze solution. 1935Amer. Speech X. 122/1 The material is..limited by excluding the names of all products such as antifreezes which have neither a paraffin nor an asphalt base. 1937D. Aldis Time at her Heels i. 10 They kept the Ford out in the street in front of the house. It worked all right if they remembered to get it filled with anti-freeze. 1959Which? Dec. 174 Most of the anti-freeze compounds sold in Britain are based on ethylene-glycol because methanol, though cheaper, has disadvantages. |