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hoarfrost

/hawr-frawst, -frost, hohr-/US // ˈhɔrˌfrɔst, -ˌfrɒst, ˈhoʊr- //UK // (ˈhɔːˌfrɒst) //

霜冻,冻土,冻土层,霜降

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : frost.

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Examples

  • She crossed the castle-yard to the wood-cellar, her steps printing the thick hoarfrost.

  • Not till I saw what looked like hoarfrost dropping from the side of the Fall was the problem explained.

  • The sun had climbed the sky, burning up the hoarfrost and mist, so that the houses opposite had become clearly discernible.

  • Only the hoarfrost-resisting flower, as the Chinese call the chrysanthemum, is undimmed, the Chinamen's coats as gay.

  • Birds awoke in the woods, and hoarfrost lay white on the crisped grasses.

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