frost

英 [frɒst] 美 [frɔːst]

• n. 霜；霜冻；严寒
• v. 结霜；冻死；用糖衣装饰

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)结冰霜

   (cause to) be covered with frost

2. vt. 冻坏

   damage with frost

3. vt. 在…上覆以白糖

   cover (a cake) with fine white sugar

n. (名词)

1. [U]霜

   a white powdery substance

2. [U][C]霜冻,严寒天气

   (a period or state of) weather at a temperature below the freezing point of water

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 霜，霜冻，霜柱，冰霜
2. 冰点以下的温度；严寒天气
3. 冰冻，结冰，结冻
4. 冷漠，冷淡，冷酷
5. 失败
6. 弗罗斯特（音译名）
7. 恶评
8. 扫兴
9. 不受欢迎的书籍、演出等
10. 证券与交易之财务报告

v. 动词

1. 冻坏，冻伤，冻死
2. 使具有无光泽的霜状表面，使（玻璃、金属等表面）无光泽
3. 结霜于，在...上覆以霜
4. 在（糕饼等上）上加糖霜混合物
5. 起霜，结霜，蒙上霜；受冻
6. 使意气沮丧，使某人生气
7. 干成霜状
8. 使（头发）霜白
9. 在（马蹄铁上）加钉防滑

英英释义

Noun:

1. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)

2. weather cold enough to cause freezing

3. the formation of frost or ice on a surface

4. United States poet famous for his lyrical poems on country life in New England (1874-1963)

Verb:

1. decorate with frosting;

   "frost a cake"
   

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The windscreen was covered with frost.
   挡风玻璃上结了霜。
2. Sweet potatoes decayed after the frost.
   霜下了之后,地瓜烂掉了。
3. The crops were blasted by frost.
   农作物被霜冻毁了。
4. Frost caused the split in the rock.
   霜冻使岩石裂了一条缝。
5. The apple trees were blighted by frost.
   苹果树因严寒而枯萎。
6. Frost can kill off a young plant.
   严寒会摧毁幼苗。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The cold has frosted the windows.
   寒冷的天气使窗子上结满了霜。
2. Young plants are often killed by frost.
   植物的幼苗常因严寒而冻死。
3. I wanted to frost the cake with icing.
   我想给蛋糕上撒一层糖霜。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The cold has frosted the windows.
   寒冷的天气使窗子结满了霜。
2. The drop in temperature frosted the tomato plants.
   气温下降冻坏了番茄苗。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Frost fell.
   下霜了。
2. Frosts spoil the last of the flowers.
   霜冻冻坏了最后一批花朵。
3. The young shoots on the trees have been damaged by frost.
   树上的嫩芽被严寒冻坏了。

经典引文

• Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower.

  出自：Romeo Juliet , Shakespeare

• By night the frost cracks rocks with a typewriter staccato.

  出自： J. Updike

• Home-made lemonade stood in already frosted glasses.

  出自： D. Welch

• The door has an oval panel of opaque frosted glass.

  出自： I. Murdoch

• Eighteen wigs, one frosted with diamonds.

  出自： A. Lurie

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

frost over (v.+adv.)

(使)被冰霜覆盖 (cause to) become covered with ice or frozen mist
frost over
The car windscreen has frosted over.

汽车的挡风玻璃结满了霜。
The fields have frosted over in this wintry morning.

在这寒冷的早晨田野里覆盖着一层霜。 frost sth ⇔ over
The cold night has frosted over the trees.

昨夜的严寒使树木结上了一层冰。

frost up (v.+adv.)

(使)被冰霜覆盖 (cause to) become covered with ice or frozen mist
frost up
The water pipes have frosted up.

水管已经冻住了。

frost with (v.+prep.)

用…覆盖 cover (sth) with (sth)
frost sth with sth
The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.

面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。
Her cocktail glass was frosted with sugar.

她的鸡尾酒杯子上沾满了糖霜。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• frost the relationship between the two countries 使两国之间的关系疏远

～+副词

• frost over 结了霜
• frost over the trees 使树木结了一层霜
• frost up 结了霜
• frost up the windows 使窗户结了一层冰

～+介词

• frost with 用…覆盖
• frost a cake with milk 在蛋糕上沾点奶油

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

• heavy frost 严重的霜冻
• biting frost 刺骨的严寒

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. frost的基本意思是“(使)结(冰)霜”,引申可表示“在…上覆以白糖”。
2. frost既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与over或up连用。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cold 冷的
• ice 冰
• rime 白霜
• hoar frost 树冰,冰霜
• chill (使)变冷
• frostiness 结霜(严寒)
• iciness 冰冷
• coolness 冷
• frigidity 寒冷
• haze 薄雾
• freeze 冻结
• icing (糕饼表层的)糖衣...
• hoar 灰白的
• hoarfrost 白霜
• freezing 冰冻的