thaw

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thaw 指冰雪等因温度升高而融化,或比喻紧张关系、态度等变得缓和、解冻。

用法要点

句型搭配

thaw 作为动词时,常与 out 连用表示完全解冻,如 thaw out frozen food;作为名词时,多指解冻时期或缓和过程,如 a thaw in relations。

• thaw out the chicken
• a thaw in diplomatic tensions

介词用法

thaw 后常接介词 in 表示在某个方面解冻,如 thaw in the sun;或接 between 表示两者间关系缓和,如 thaw between countries。

• thaw in the refrigerator
• thaw between the two leaders

语域说明

thaw 在正式和非正式语境中都常用,在科学或气象报告中指物理融化,在政治或社交语境中多比喻关系缓和。

• The ice is starting to thaw.
• There was a thaw in their cold war.

基础例句

I need to thaw the frozen vegetables before cooking them.

我需要把冷冻蔬菜解冻后再烹饪。

The snow began to thaw as the sun came out.

太阳出来后,雪开始融化了。

After their argument, it took a while for things to thaw between them.

他们争吵后,过了一段时间关系才缓和下来。

高级例句

Climate change is accelerating the thaw of permafrost in Arctic regions.

气候变化正在加速北极地区永久冻土的融化。

The recent trade agreement has led to a thaw in economic relations between the two nations.

最近的贸易协定促成了两国经济关系的解冻。

In food safety, it's crucial to thaw meat in the refrigerator to prevent bacterial growth.

在食品安全中,将肉类在冰箱中解冻以防止细菌滋生至关重要。

高频搭配

verb

begin to thawstart to thawcause to thawallow to thawhelp thaw

adjective

slow thawrapid thawgradual thawcomplete thawpartial thaw

noun

spring thawwinter thawdiplomatic thawpolitical thaweconomic thaw

adverb

slowly thawquickly thawcompletely thawpartially thawgradually thaw

preposition

thaw inthaw outthaw betweenthaw fromthaw into

phrase

thaw outthaw periodthaw processthaw cyclethaw point

常见错误

❌ 错误:The ice is melting because it's thawing.
✓ 正确:The ice is thawing because it's melting.

thaw 和 melt 都表示融化,但 thaw 更强调从冻结状态到非冻结状态的过程,常用于冰雪或冷冻食品;melt 更通用,可指任何固体因热变液体。这里用 thaw 更准确描述冰的融化过程。

❌ 错误:We need to thaw the relationship.
✓ 正确:We need to thaw out the relationship.

thaw 作为动词表示缓和关系时,常与 out 连用以强调完全解冻或恢复,尤其在非正式语境中;单独使用 thaw 也可,但加 out 更地道。

近义词辨析

melt

melt 泛指固体因热变成液体,适用范围更广,如蜡烛融化;thaw 特指冻结物(如冰、冷冻食品)因温度升高而解冻,或比喻关系缓和。

The butter melted in the pan (通用融化). / The frozen lake thawed in spring (特指解冻).

defrost

defrost 与 thaw 在解冻冷冻物时近义,但 defrost 更常指人工解冻(如用微波炉),且多用于电器或技术语境;thaw 更自然通用,可指自然或人工解冻。

Defrost the freezer (人工除霜). / Let the meat thaw at room temperature (自然解冻).