frosty

C1 CET-4 FREQ #15119 ★☆☆☆☆

a. 霜冻的, 严寒的, 冷淡的

发音

UK /ˈfɹɒsti/
AU
US /ˈfɹɔsti/
US /ˈfɹɑs-/

词形变化

frostier 比较级 frostier frostiest frostiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C1
  1. 1.

    Cold, chilly; icy.

    凛冽

    严寒

    The air was frosty; I could see my breath and walked quickly with my hands in my pockets.

    I'd like a frosty milkshake.

  2. 2.

    Having frost on it or in it.

    结冰的

    结霜的

    The frosty pumpkin is the sign of the end of the growing season, soon the greenery will wither and harvest end for the year.

    The frosty beverage gave him a brain freeze.

  3. 3.

    Having an aloof or inhospitable manner.

    冷漠

    冰冷

    比喻

    After the divorce, she was civil but frosty to her ex.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

frozen crisp icy snappy frigid nipping glacial nippy rimed rimy

近义相关 1

cold

相关短语

frosty one frosty ones frosty moon frosty moons that'll be the frosty Friday stay frosty stays frosty staying frosty stayed frosty

词源

From Middle English frosty, forsty, from Old English forstiġ, fyrstiġ (“frosty”), from Proto-West Germanic *frostag, *frustīg, By surface analysis, frost + -y. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian froastich (“frosty”), Dutch vorstig (“frosty”), German Low German fröstig (“frosty”), German frostig (“frosty”), Swedish frostig (“frosty”). Compare also Saterland Frisian froasterch (“frosty”), German Low German frösterg (“frosty”).

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