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。
N-COUNT
(通常指冬末的)解凍時節，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.我們在初春解凍時節的泥濘中艱難行進。
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。
V-ERG
(使)(關系)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.直到圣誕節政治關系才有所改善。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid;
"the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster""the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"
2. warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt;