| 单词 | frost |
| 释义 | frost (once / 448 pages) 1nv 2v 3v Frost is a thin, icy coating that forms on very cold, damp nights. During a New England winter, you'll have to scrape frost off your car windshield almost every morning. Frost is made of tiny crystals of ice that appear white and tend to form on windows, the ground, trees, and cars. While frost can be lovely on a window, with its snowflake shapes and patterns, it can also be dangerous for farm crops if it forms unexpectedly early or late in the year. Frost comes directly from the Old English, and it has a Proto-Germanic root. WORD FAMILYfrost: defrost, frosted, frosting, frosts, frosty+/defrost: defrosted, defroster, defrosting, defrosts/defroster: defrosters/frosted: unfrosted/frosting: frostings/frosty: frostier, frostiest, frostily, frostiness USAGE EXAMPLESA frost was reported in Vermont every month in 1816, which included a June snowstorm. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) Many would recognize his voice as that of Tony the Tiger for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) He imagines a decadent chocolate cake with creamy frosting. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) Syn|Hyper hoar, hoarfrost, rime ice, water ice water frozen in the solid state 2n the formation of frost or ice on a surface Syn|Hyper icing freeze, freezing the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid 3n weather cold enough to cause freezing Syn|Hyper freeze cold weather a period of unusually cold weather 4v cover with frost ice crystals frosted the glass Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 5v damage by frost 2The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown Hyper damage inflict damage upon v decorate with frosting 3frost a cake Syn|Hyper ice cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered v provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance frost the glass she frosts her hair Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered Frost (once / 3165 pages) n WORD FAMILY Frost: Frosts USAGE EXAMPLESIt posted the announcement "Grandpa Frost and Snow Maiden also pay their taxes" on its Hrodna and Homel regional sites under a deceptively jolly logo. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Frost locked deep in the soils is melting, causing buildings to subside. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) “That doesn’t happen unless a whole teams buys in and are working together,” first-year UCF coach Scott Frost said of Arkansas State. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) n United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963) Syn|Exp Robert Frost, Robert Lee Frost poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) |
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