thawとは

語源

From Middle English thowen, thawen, from 古期英語 þāwian (“to thaw”), from Proto-Germanic *þawōną, *þawjaną (“to thaw, melt”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognate with Scots thow (“to thaw”), West Frisian teie (“to thaw, melt”), Dutch dooien (“to thaw”), German tauen (“to thaw”), Swedish töa (“to thaw”), Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”), Latin tābēs (“melting, wasting away”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō), Polish tajać (“to thaw”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /θɔː/
• 韻: -ɔː

動詞

thaw (三人称単数 現在形 thaws, 現在分詞 thawing, 過去形および過去分詞形 thawed)

1. (intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen

   the ice thaws

2. (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

   It's beginning to thaw.

3. (intransitive, figuratively) To grow gentle or genial.

   Her anger has thawed.

4. (transitive) To gradually cause frozen things (such as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.

名詞

thaw (複数形 thaws)

1. The melting of ice, snow, or other congealed matter; the resolution of ice, or the like, into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost
2. a warmth of weather sufficient to melt that which is frozen

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

参考

• unthaw, dethaw
• snowmelt

アナグラム

• HAWT, hawt, wath, what