| 单词 | frostbite |
| 释义 | frostbite (once / 34866 pages) n People get frostbite when their skin is exposed to extremely cold temperatures for long enough that their tissue is damaged. High altitude hikers in snowy conditions are vulnerable to frostbite. If your friend scolds you for not wearing your gloves on a bitterly cold day, she's not just giving you a hard time — she might be worried that you'll get frostbite on your fingers. Severe frostbite results in dead tissue and skin, and even the amputation of fingers or toes. Frostbitten came before frostbite, from the idea that your painfully cold fingers have been bitten by frost. WORD FAMILYfrostbite: frostbites USAGE EXAMPLESDriscoll said he spoke to her in-laws Tuesday, and they told him there was a good chance she wouldn’t lose her toes to the frostbite. Los Angeles Times(Dec 27, 2016) The child was hospitalized with frostbite and hypothermia after he was found Saturday inside the car in the Denver suburb of Thornton. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Call it fried chicken with a side of sentimentality and a pinch of potential frostbite. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) n destruction of tissue by freezing and characterized by tingling, blistering and possibly gangrene Syn|Hypo|Hyper cryopathy immersion foot, trench foot resembling frostbite but without freezing; resulting from exposure to cold and wet harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
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