English Dictionary

frost

IPA（発音記号）

/fɹɒst/

名詞

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A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

日本語の意味

物体の表面に形成される、極微細な氷の結晶の層。対象の温度が氷点下の場合に形成され、露と同じ原理で生成されるが、温度条件が異なる。

By dawn, a delicate layer of frost covered the car's windshield, sparkling in the pale light.

夜明けまでに、車のフロントガラスは薄く繊細な霜で覆われ、淡い光の中できらめいていた。

意味（1）

A cover of minute ice crystals on objects that are exposed to the air. Frost is formed by the same process as dew, except that the temperature of the frosted object is below freezing.

意味（2）

The cold weather that causes these ice crystals to form.

Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Coldness or insensibility; severity or rigidity of character.

It was one of those moments of intense feeling when the frost of the Scottish people melts like a snow-wreath.

意味（4）

(obsolete) The act of freezing; the congelation of water or other liquid.

意味（5）

A shade of white, like that of frost.

frost:

意味（6）

(slang, dated) A disappointment; a cheat.

意味（7）

(television) A kind of light diffuser.

Frosts and diffusion are flame retardant and produce similar results except that some of the frosts are very subtle in their effects. For example: Hamburg Frost will soften the beam edge with little additional spread of the beam.

frosts （ plural ）