frost 音標拼音: [fr'ɔst]
n . 霜,冰凍,冷漠
vt . 覆著霜,凍結,結霜
vi . 受凍,起霜
霜,冰凍,冷漠覆著霜,凍結,結霜受凍,起霜
frost n 1 :
ice crystals forming a white deposit (
especially on objects outside ) [
synonym : {
frost }, {
hoar }, {
hoarfrost }, {
rime }]
2 :
weather cold enough to cause freezing [
synonym : {
freeze },
{
frost }]
3 :
the formation of frost or ice on a surface [
synonym : {
frost },
{
icing }]
4 :
United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (
1874 -
1963 ) [
synonym : {
Frost }, {
Robert Frost }, {
Robert Lee Frost }]
v 1 :
decorate with frosting ; "
frost a cake " [
synonym : {
frost },
{
ice }]
2 :
provide with a rough or speckled surface or appearance ;
"
frost the glass "; "
she frosts her hair "
3 :
cover with frost ; "
ice crystals frosted the glass "
4 :
damage by frost ; "
The icy precipitation frosted the flowers and they turned brown "
Frost \
Frost \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Frosted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Frosting }.]
1 .
To injure by frost ;
to freeze ,
as plants .
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2 .
To cover with hoarfrost ;
to produce a surface resembling frost upon ,
as upon cake ,
metals ,
or glass ;
as ,
glass may be frosted by exposure to hydrofluoric acid .
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While with a hoary light she frosts the ground .
--
Wordsworth .
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3 .
To roughen or sharpen ,
as the nail heads or calks of horseshoes ,
so as to fit them for frosty weather .
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Frost \
Frost \ (
fr [
o ^]
st ;
115 ),
n . [
OE .
frost ,
forst ,
AS .
forst ,
frost .
fr .
fre ['
o ]
san to freeze ;
akin to D .
varst ,
G .,
OHG .,
Icel .,
Dan ., &
Sw .
frost . [
root ]
18 .
See {
Freeze },
v .
i .]
1 .
The act of freezing ; --
applied chiefly to the congelation of water ;
congelation of fluids .
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2 .
The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation ,
or the freezing of water ;
severe cold or freezing weather .
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The third bay comes a frost ,
a killing frost .
--
Shak .
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3 .
Frozen dew ; --
called also {
hoarfrost }
or {
white frost }.
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He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes . --
Ps .
cxlvii .
16 .
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4 .
Coldness or insensibility ;
severity or rigidity of character . [
R .]
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It was of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow wreath . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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{
Black frost },
cold so intense as to freeze vegetation and cause it to turn black ,
without the formation of hoarfrost .
{
Frost bearer } (
Physics ),
a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum ;
a cryophorus .
{
Frost grape } (
Bot .),
an American grape ,
with very small ,
acid berries .
{
Frost lamp },
a lamp placed below the oil tube of an Argand lamp to keep the oil limpid on cold nights ; --
used especially in lighthouses . --
Knight .
{
Frost nail },
a nail with a sharp head driven into a horse '
s shoe to keep him from slipping .
{
Frost smoke },
an appearance resembling smoke ,
caused by congelation of vapor in the atmosphere in time of severe cold .
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The brig and the ice round her are covered by a strange black obscurity :
it is the frost smoke of arctic winters .
--
Kane .
{
Frost valve },
a valve to drain the portion of a pipe ,
hydrant ,
pump ,
etc .,
where water would be liable to freeze .
{
Jack Frost },
a popular personification of frost .
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100 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frost ":
Jack Frost ,
benumb ,
besnow ,
bite ,
bitter weather ,
black frost ,
blanch ,
bleach ,
bleak weather ,
bomb ,
bust ,
cap ,
chalk ,
chill ,
chilliness ,
climax ,
cold snap ,
cold wave ,
cold weather ,
coldness ,
consummate ,
coolness ,
crest ,
crown ,
culminate ,
cut ,
depth of winter ,
disaffinity ,
dull thud ,
enmity ,
etiolate ,
fizzle ,
flat failure ,
flop ,
floperoo ,
freeze ,
freezing weather ,
frost line ,
frost over ,
frost smoke ,
frostbite ,
go through ,
grizzle ,
hail ,
hard winter ,
head ,
hoar ,
hoarfrost ,
ice ,
ice over ,
ice up ,
iciness ,
incompatibility ,
incompatibleness ,
inhospitality ,
inimicality ,
killing frost ,
lemon ,
nip ,
numb ,
outtop ,
overarch ,
overtop ,
peak ,
penetrate ,
personal conflict ,
pierce ,
raw weather ,
refrigerate ,
rime ,
rime frost ,
sharp frost ,
silver ,
sleet ,
snap ,
snow ,
snow in ,
snow under ,
strain ,
subzero weather ,
surmount ,
tension ,
tip ,
top ,
top off ,
total loss ,
turkey ,
unamiability ,
uncordiality ,
unfriendliness ,
ungeniality ,
unsociability ,
washout ,
white ,
white frost ,
whiten ,
winter ,
wintry weather ,
wintry wind ,
zero weather Frost (
Heb .
kerah ,
from its smoothness )
Job 37 :
10 (
R .
V ., "
ice ");
Gen .
31 :
40 ;
Jer .
36 :
30 ;
rendered "
ice "
in Job 6 :
16 ,
38 :
29 ;
and "
crystal "
in Ezek .
1 :
22 . "
At the present day frost is entirely unknown in the lower portions of the valley of the Jordan ,
but slight frosts are sometimes felt on the sea -
coast and near Lebanon ."
Throughout Western Asia cold frosty nights are frequently succeeded by warm days .
"
Hoar frost " (
Heb .
kephor ,
so called from its covering the ground )
is mentioned in Ex .
16 :
14 ;
Job 38 :
29 ;
Ps .
147 :
16 .
In Ps .
78 :
47 the word rendered "
frost " (
R .
V .
marg ., "
great hail -
stones "),
_hanamal_ ,
occurs only there .
It is rendered by Gesenius ,
the Hebrew lexicographer , "
ant ,"
and so also by others ,
but the usual interpretation derived from the ancient versions may be maintained .
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