单词 | frostnipped |
释义 | frostnippedadj. Extremely cold. Also (now chiefly): injured or damaged by exposure to extreme cold; affected by frostnip. Also figurative. Cf. frostbitten adj., frosted adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > made cold or cool > damaged by exposure to frost frostbitten1530 frostnippeda1607 frosted1623 frostified1900 a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) ii. sig. D4v Shee's like a painted fire vpon a hill, set to allure the frost-nipt passengers, And starue them after hope. 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 73 Frost-nipt sunnes look sadly. 1684 Z. Cawdrey Certainty Salvation 28 The first warm..Spring-beam to the Frost-nipt Loyalty of the Nation. 1773 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 129 Its other branches were..frost-nipt. 1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) II. 122 A pair of naked frost-nipt legs. 1817 W. Scott Harold ii. ii. 43 Frost-nipt leaves. 1886 H. Caine Son of Hagar ii. xiv Sheep were bleating high up on the frost-nipped side of the fell. 1914 M. R. Rinehart Street of Seven Stars xxii. 282 City of frightful contrasts, ermine rubbing elbows with frost-nipped flesh. 1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Feb. b4 The Rats would pull on their skates and step into the frost-nipped night. 2008 N. Heil Dark Summit v. 134 Terry O'Connor sat nearby, inspecting his frostnipped fingers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1607 |
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