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VERB
(冰雪等)融化，融解，解凍
When ice, snow, or something else that is frozen thaws, it melts.
例句
It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw...
天太冷了，雪根本化不了。
The ground has thawed.
地面解凍了。
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N-COUNT
(通常指冬末的)解凍時(shí)節(jié)，天氣回暖期
A thaw is a period of warmer weather when snow and ice melt, usually at the end of winter.
例句
We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.
我們?cè)诔醮航鈨鰰r(shí)節(jié)的泥濘中艱難行進(jìn)。
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V-ERG
(使)(冷凍食品)解凍，融化
When you thaw frozen food or when it thaws, you leave it in a place where it can reach room temperature so that it is ready for use.
例句
Always thaw pastry thoroughly...
每次都要保證油酥面團(tuán)徹底解凍。
The food in the freezer had thawed during a power cut.
冰箱里的食物在停電期間化開了。
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V-ERG
(使)(關(guān)系)回暖，緩和，改善
If something thaws relations between people or if relations thaw, they become friendly again after a period of being unfriendly.
例句
At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere...
這第二次會(huì)議至少起到了緩和氣氛的作用。
It took up to Christmas for political relations to thaw.
直到圣誕節(jié)政治關(guān)系才有所改善。