frost

英 [frɒst]美 [frɔst]
  • vt. 结霜于；冻坏
  • vi. 结霜；受冻
  • n. 霜；冰冻，严寒；冷淡
  • n. (Frost)人名；(英、捷、葡、瑞典、德、匈、罗、丹、俄)弗罗斯特
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助记提示

1. 表示各种恶劣天气情况的成语：风霜雨雪 => wind, frost, rain, snow.
2. 与气象、气候有关的表示浪漫、风流的成语：风花雪月 => wind, flower, snow, moon.

中文词源

frost 霜冻

词源同freeze, 冷，冻结。用来指霜冻。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. The air was thin and crisp, filled with hazy sunshine and frost.
空气稀薄清新，其间日光蒙眬，寒气逼人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. We had 11 degrees of frost last night.
昨天夜里气温降到了零下11度。
来自柯林斯例句
3. It will be a clear night with some ground frost .
今夜晴，部分地面有霜冻。
来自《权威词典》
4. Jack Frost was threatening to kill the new plants.
霜降危及新作物的存活。
来自《权威词典》
5. The frost last week was a great calamity to the citrus industry.
上周的霜冻对柑橘种植业是一场大灾难.
来自《简明英汉词典》