frost
英 [frɒst]
美 [frɔst]
- vt. 結霜於；凍壞
- vi. 結霜；受凍
- n. 霜；冰凍，嚴寒；冷淡
- n. (Frost)人名；(英、捷、葡、瑞典、德、匈、羅、丹、俄)弗羅斯特
助記提示
1. 表示各種惡劣天氣情況的成語：風霜雨雪 => wind, frost, rain, snow.
2. 與氣象、氣候有關的表示浪漫、風流的成語：風花雪月 => wind, flower, snow, moon.
中文詞源
frost 霜凍詞源同freeze, 冷，凍結。用來指霜凍。
英文詞源
- frost
- frost: see freeze
- frost (n.)
- Old English forst, frost "frost, a freezing, frozen precipitation, extreme cold," from Proto-Germanic *frustaz- "frost" (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Old High German frost, Middle Dutch and Dutch vorst), related to freosan "to freeze," from suffixed form of PIE *preus- "to freeze; burn" (see freeze (v.)). Both forms of the word were common in English till late 15c.; the triumph of frost may be due to its similarity to the forms in other Germanic languages. A black frost (late 14c.) is one which kills plants (turns them black) but is not accompanied by visible frozen dew.
- frost (v.)
- 1630s, "to cover with frost," from frost (n.). Intransitive sense of "to freeze" is from 1807. Related: Frosted; frosting.
雙語例句
- 1. The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
- 空氣稀薄清新，其間日光蒙矓，寒氣逼人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. We had 11 degrees of frost last night.
- 昨天夜裏氣溫降到了零下11度。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. It will be a clear night with some ground frost .
- 今夜晴，部分地麵有霜凍。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Jack Frost was threatening to kill the new plants.
- 霜降危及新作物的存活。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
- 上周的霜凍對柑橘種植業是一場大災難.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》