单词 | frost-fern |
释义 | > as lemmasfrost-fern frost-fern n. an encrustation resembling a fern frond, produced, esp. on the surface of glass, by the action of frost; = frost-flower n. 1; usually in plural; cf. ice fern n. at ice n. Compounds 8. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather > frost > formations > specific spicula1783 feather1785 frost-flower1802 frost-fern1860 1860 Belfast News-let. 25 Dec. Peeping through window-panes covered with a forest of frost-ferns. 1987 Kenyon Rev. 9 30 Every pane of the storm windows frosted over, opaque, except for a small corner and the frost-fern's elaborate signature. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 207 Vapor turned to frost-ferns on the bathroom window. < as lemmas |
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