thaw

thaw
verb

[no obj.](of ice, snow, or another frozen substance, such as food) become liquid or soft as a result of warming up
（冰、雪等）融化，融解；（冷冻食品等）解冻；化冻
the river thawed and barges of food began to reach the capital.
河流解冻后，一船船的食品开始运抵首都。
[as noun thawing]catastrophic summer floods caused by thawing.
冰雪融化引起的夏季水灾。
■(it thaws, it is thawing 等)the weather becomes warmer and melts snow and ice
（天气）转暖使冰雪融化
■[with obj.]make (something) warm enough to become liquid or soft
使融化，使融解；使解冻；使化冻
European exporters simply thawed their beef before unloading.
欧洲的出口商们仅是在卸货前把牛肉解冻。
■(of a part of the body) become warm enough to stop feeling numb
使（身体等）变得暖起来
Riven began to feel his ears and toes thaw out.
里文开始觉得双耳和脚指头暖和起来了。
■become friendlier or more cordial
变得随和（或缓和）；变得不拘束
she thawed out sufficiently to allow a smile to appear.
她充分放松后，露出了笑容。
■[with obj.]make friendlier or more cordial
使变得较不拘束；使变得友善（或缓和、随和）
the cast thawed the audience into real pleasure.
演员们使观众摆脱拘束，真正乐起来。

noun

a period of warmer weather that thaws ice and snow
解冻时期（或季节）
the thaw came yesterday afternoon.
昨天下午冰雪开始解冻。
■an increase in friendliness or cordiality
（关系、态度等）缓和
a thaw in relations between the USA and the USSR.
美国和苏联关系的解冻。

thawless
adjective
语源

Old English thawian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch dooien. The noun (first recorded in Middle English) developed its figurative use in the mid 19th cent

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