frost
- IPA[frôst]
美式
- a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing；a weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form
- cover (something) with or as if with small ice crystals; freeze；become covered with small ice crystals
verb: frost, 3rd person present: frosts, gerund or present participle: frosting, past tense: frosted, past participle: frosted
noun: frost, plural noun: frosts
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名詞
- 1. a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the temperature falls below freezing the lanes were glistening with frost 同義詞
- ▪ a weather condition or period of cold weather in which deposits of frost form when the hard frosts had set in 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a chilling or dispiriting quality, especially one conveyed by a cold manner there was a light frost of anger in Jack's tone 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a failure even the state soirées were a frost
動詞
- 1. cover (something) with or as if with small ice crystals; freeze each windowpane was frosted along its edges
- ▪ become covered with small ice crystals a mustache that frosts up when he's ice-climbing
- ▪ decorate (a cake, cupcake, or other baked item) with icing.
- ▪ tint hair strands to change the color of isolated strands.
- ▪ injure (a plant) by freezing weather.
- ▪ anger or annoy such discrimination frosted her no end
- covered with or as if with frost: I stood looking out on the frosted garden
Oxford American Dictionary
- covered with or as if with frost: I stood looking out on the frosted garden
Oxford Dictionary
- icing.
Oxford American Dictionary
- icing.
Oxford Dictionary
- the uplift of water-saturated soil or other surface deposits due to expansion on freezing.
Oxford American Dictionary
- the uplift of soil or other surface deposits due to expansion of groundwater on freezing.
Oxford Dictionary
- the maximum depth of ground below which the soil does not freeze in winter.
Oxford American Dictionary
- any of a group of delicate clusters of ice crystals that form directly from water vapor, ...
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英式
- a deposit of small white ice crystals formed on the ground or other surfaces when the ... the lanes were glistening with frost it is not unusual for buds to be nipped by frost
- cover (something) with or as if with frost; freeze: shop windows were still frosted over
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