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語源

From de- +‎ ice.

発音

• IPA: /diːˈaɪs/
• 韻: -aɪs

動詞

deice (third-person singular simple present deices, present participle deicing, simple past and past participle deiced)

1. (transitive) To remove ice from (something).

   They had to move the plane back from the runway to deice the wings before takeoff.

   • 2020 May 6, “Advertisement feature: Preparing for climate change”, in Rail, page 43:

     The second strategy is to develop specific care and maintenance rules that will need to be strictly followed by the system operator - including the use of specialised machines to clear the permanent way of snowfall, to de-ice the rail grooves and the running of non-revenue services at night to prevent ice formation on the OCL [overhead contact lines].

2. (intransitive) To lose its ice; to thaw.
   • 1996, Jan Karon, A light in the window:

     Our streets are full of a general sloshiness that lingers and won't go away, as if a glacier is deicing to the north.

派生語

• deicer

参考

• defrost