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frost

noun
🔊/frɒst/
🔊/frɔːst/
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  1. [uncountable, countable] a weather condition in which the temperature drops below 0° Celsius (= freezing point) so that a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground and other surfaces, especially at night严寒天气；霜冻；冰点以下的温度
    • It will be a clear night with some ground frost.今夜晴，部分地面有霜冻。🔊🔊
    • a sharp/hard/severe frost酷寒
    • There were ten degrees of frost (= the temperature dropped to -10° Celsius) last night.昨夜零下 10 摄氏度。🔊🔊
    • frost damage霜冻害
    see also Jack Frost
    Extra Examples
    • The sharp frost nipped at our noses.寒气刺痛了我们的鼻子。
    • The winter frosts have arrived.下冬霜了。
    • The young plants all died in the late frost.幼苗全在晚霜中冻死了。
    • There was just a touch of frost in the air.空气中略有一丝寒意。
    Topics Weatherc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hard
    • heavy
    • killing
    • …
    … of frost
    • touch
    • degree
    verb + frost
    • be covered in
    • be covered with
    frost + noun
    • damage
    • date
    • line
    • …
    frost + verb
    • arrive
    • come
    • set in
    • …
    phrases
    • a danger of frost
    • a risk of frost
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  2. [uncountable] the thin white layer of ice that forms when the temperature drops below 0° Celsius霜
    • The car windows were covered with frost.车窗玻璃结了霜。🔊🔊
    see also hoar frost
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hard
    • heavy
    • killing
    • …
    … of frost
    • touch
    • degree
    verb + frost
    • be covered in
    • be covered with
    frost + noun
    • damage
    • date
    • line
    • …
    frost + verb
    • arrive
    • come
    • set in
    • …
    phrases
    • a danger of frost
    • a risk of frost
    See full entry
    3. Word OriginOld English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze.

frost

verb
🔊/frɒst/
🔊/frɔːst/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they frost
🔊/frɒst/
🔊/frɔːst/
he / she / it frosts
🔊/frɒsts/
🔊/frɔːsts/
past simple frosted
🔊/ˈfrɒstɪd/
🔊/ˈfrɔːstɪd/
past participle frosted
🔊/ˈfrɒstɪd/
🔊/ˈfrɔːstɪd/
-ing form frosting
🔊/ˈfrɒstɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfrɔːstɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to cover something or to become covered with a thin white layer of ice（使）蒙上霜，结霜
    • frost something (over/up) The mirror was frosted up.镜子蒙了一层霜。🔊🔊
    • frost (over/up) The windows had frosted over.窗子结满了霜。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] frost something (especially North American English) to cover a cake with frosting 给（糕饼）覆上糖霜
    3. Word OriginOld English frost, forst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vorst and German Frost, also to freeze.