frosts

英 [frɒsts]

美 [frɔːsts]

n.  严寒天气; 霜冻; 冰点以下的温度; 霜
v.  (使)蒙上霜，结霜; 给(糕饼)覆上糖霜
frost的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 霜;霜冻;严寒天气
  When there isfrostor afrost, the temperature outside falls below freezing point and the ground becomes covered in ice crystals.
  1. There is frost on the ground and snow is forecast...
     地上结霜了，而且预报说会有雪。
  2. The wind had veered to north, bringing clear skies and a keen frost.
     风向已经转北，带来了晴朗的天空和严重的霜冻。
• PHRASE 冰点以下…度;零下…度
  When someone says that there are a particular number ofdegrees of frostthey mean that the temperature is that number of degrees below freezing point.
  1. We had 11 degrees of frost last night.
     昨天夜里气温降到了零下 11 度。

双语例句

• The dahlias died back when the frosts came.
  大丽花霜打后暂时枯萎。
• Amidst the mists and coldest frosts, With barest wrists and stoutest boasts, he thrust his fist against the posts, and insists he sees the ghosts.
  在薄雾和冰霜中，他赤裸着胸膛，一拳打在柱子上，却吹牛说他看到了鬼。
• Spring frosts and unsettled weather in June, when the vines flower, can seriously reduce the number of grapes, thereby having a direct effect on the number of corks needed the following year.
  春日的霜冻和6月份葡萄藤开花时善变的天气，可能导致葡萄产量明显减少，从而对来年软木塞的需求量造成直接影响。
• The skaters and water-bugs finally disappear in the latter part of October, when the severe frosts have come;
  到了十月的后半个月，掠水虫和水蝎终于不再出现了，严霜已经来到；
• Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts.
  美国东部的多年生植物，先开单生的黄色花、继而是无瓣的花；在第一次霜冻时有冰晶结在花上。
• This woodland life, with its frosts and rains, is sharp work for me.
  森林里的这种生活，又是霜又是雨，太难了。
• With only a few frosts, and none of them severe.
  只是偶然会结霜，并不是很寒冷。
• New England had frosts in July.
  七月的新英格兰地区还在霜冻。
• Frosts withered the leaves until the trees were bare.
  霜使树叶凋落光了。
• It is a common belief that sharp frosts color the autumn leaves.
  一般人都以为秋天叶子的颜色是由急骤的霜冻造成的。