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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /diːˈfɹɒst/
• (General American) IPA: /diːˈfɹɔst/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /diːˈfɹɑst/
• 韻: -ɒst

動詞

defrost (third-person singular simple present defrosts, present participle defrosting, simple past and past participle defrosted)

1. (transitive) To remove frost from.

   I have just defrosted the fridge.

2. (transitive) To thaw something.

   Will you defrost the chops for supper tonight?

3. (informal, intransitive) To recover from something tiresome.

   See you tomorrow evening; I'll have defrosted from my trip by then.

派生語

名詞

defrost (countable and uncountable, plural defrosts)

1. The removal of frost.
   • 1953, Refrigeration Engineering, volume 61, page 531:

     But only recently has automatic quick defrost appeared on production models of domestic refrigerators.

アナグラム

• frosted