thaw
解冻,融化,解冻剂,解冻期
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Definitions
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- : to pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
- : to be freed from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold: Sit by the fire and thaw out.
- : to become warm enough to melt ice and snow: It will probably thaw today.
- : to become less formal, reserved, or aloof: He thawed at their kindness.
- : to become less hostile or tense: International relations thawed.
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- : to cause to change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
- : to free from the physical effect of frost or extreme cold; bring to a more normal temperature, especially to room temperature: I took the steaks out of the freezer and thawed them.
- : to make less cold, formal, or reserved.
- : to make less tense or hostile.
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Examples
We cannot safely keep up with the accelerating rate of landslide movement caused by permafrost thaw.
Experts say Russia’s drilling infrastructure cannot handle increasing permafrost thaw, and Russia’s poor performance in preventing spills does not help its case, with an estimated 819 oil leaks in 2019 alone.
Eventually, though, the thaw will be complete and a new equilibrium reached that makes the land buildable and plantable again.
This thaw also is releasing long-held stores of carbon dioxide.
After a half-century of frigid relations, the U.S. and Cuba have agreed to a thaw as the result of 18 months of secret talks.
Everything you need to know about the U.S.-Cuba thaw, from the details of the deal to when you can book your ticket to Havana.
The thaw between Washington and Cuba finally begins to close a chapter of the Cold War.
The issue can be complicated by a thaw followed by a freeze, or by pre-existing ice.
And so the election arrives with no thaw in relations between the Yingluck and Suthep camps.
The beverage warmed him in body; but it would need a butt of it to thaw the misery from his soul.
But, under the influences of the blind god, the stern student of the "Dairyman's Daughter" seemed to thaw.