thaw/θɔː/

vi

1. (天气)转暖冰雪融化

• It's starting to thaw. 天气转暖，冰雪开始融化。

2. 融化；解冻；化冻

• All the snow has thawed. 雪都化了。

3. 变暖和

• After a few glasses of wine he began to thaw a little. 喝了几杯酒之后，他开始感觉暖和了一些。

4. 变得随和；变得缓和

• She began to thaw not long after we started the conversation. 我们开始谈话不久她便随和起来。

• Relations with those countries seemed to thaw. 和那些国家的关系似乎缓和了。

vt

1. 使融化；使解冻

• The sun thawed the ice on the lake. 阳光使湖面的冰融化了。

• Frozen food must be thawed before cooking. 冷冻食品在烹煮以前必须化冻。

2. 使变得随和；使缓和

• The two countries moved to thaw out their frosty relationship. 两国采取行动缓和他们之间冷淡的关系。