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单词 frostbites
释义

frost /frost/

noun
  1. A state of freezing
  2. Temperature at or below the freezing point of water
  3. Frozen dew, or hoarfrost
  4. A disappointment or failure (slang)
  5. Coldness of manner or relations (figurative)
transitive verb
  1. To affect with frost
  2. To cover with hoarfrost
  3. To make like hoarfrost
  4. To sharpen (the points of a horse's shoe) so that it does not slip on ice
  5. To bleach individual strands of (a person's hair) to create a mottled effect
  6. To top or coat (a cake) with icing (esp US)
intransitive verb

To assume a frostlike appearance

ORIGIN: OE frost, forst, from frēosan; cf Ger Frost

frostˈed adjective

  1. Covered by frost
  2. Having a frostlike appearance (eg a cake or Christmas card by sprinkling, or glass by roughening)
  3. Damaged by frost
  4. (of a cake) topped or coated with icing (esp US)

frostˈily adverb

frostˈiness noun

frostˈing noun

  1. A coating of hoarfrost
  2. Material or treatment to give the appearance of hoarfrost
  3. Icing (esp US)

frostˈless adjective

Free from frost

frostˈlike adjective

frostˈy adjective

  1. Producing, characterized by, or covered with, frost
  2. Chill (lit and figurative)
  3. Frostlike

frostˈbite noun

Inflammation, sometimes leading to gangrene, in a part of the body, caused by exposure to cold

transitive verb

To affect with frost

frostˈbitten adjective

  1. Bitten or affected by frost (lit and figurative)
  2. Suffering from frostbite

frostˈbound adjective

Bound or confined by frost

frost line noun

The underground limit to the penetration of frost into the earth

frostˈ-nail noun

A projecting nail in a horseshoe serving to prevent slipping on ice (also iceˈ-calk)

transitive verb

To provide with frost-nails

frostˈ-smoke noun

A vapour frozen in the atmosphere, and having a smoke-like appearance

frostˈwork noun

  1. Tracery made by frost, eg on windows
  2. Work resembling frost tracery, etc
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