thaws

英 [θɔːz]

美 [θɔːz]

v.  (结冰后)解冻，融化，融解; 天气暖和得使冰雪融化(或解冻); (使冷冻食品)化冻
n.  解冻时期; 融化季节; (敌对国家之间)关系缓和
thaw的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (冰雪等)融化，融解，解冻
  When ice, snow, or something else that is frozenthaws, it melts.
  1. It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw...
     天太冷了，雪根本化不了。
  2. The ground has thawed.
     地面解冻了。
• N-COUNT (通常指冬末的)解冻时节，天气回暖期
  Athawis a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
  1. We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
     我们在初春解冻时节的泥泞中艰难行进。
• V-ERG (使)(冷冻食品)解冻，融化
  When youthawfrozen food or when itthaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.
  1. Always thaw pastry thoroughly...
     每次都要保证油酥面团彻底解冻。
  2. The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut.
     冰箱里的食物在停电期间化开了。
  3. Thaw outmeans the same asthaw.
     thaw out 同 thaw
  4. Thaw it out completely before reheating in a saucepan...
     先把它完全化开，然后再放在平底锅里重新加热。
  5. I remember to thaw out the chicken before I leave home.
     我记着出门前把鸡肉化开。
• V-ERG (使)(关系)回暖，缓和，改善
  If somethingthawsrelations between people or if relationsthaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly.
  1. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere...
     这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。
  2. It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
     直到圣诞节政治关系才有所改善。
  3. Thawis also a noun.
     
  4. His visit is one of the most striking results of the thaw in relations between East and West.
     他的访问是东西方关系缓和的最突出成果之一。

双语例句