thaw
要点解ける、解かす
意味
- 〈氷・雪などが〉解ける《+out》
- 冷えた体が暖かくなる《+out》
- 《it を主語にして》暖かくなる,氷や雪が解ける気候になる
- 〈人・態度などが〉打ち解ける,和らぐ
- 〈氷・凍りついたものなど〉を解かす
- (氷などが)解けること,雪解け
- 雪解けの季節,解氷期
- (心が)打ち解けること
例文
It won't be long before the snow starts to thaw.
雪解けも間近です。
Make sure to thaw out the chicken before cooking.
鶏肉は調理前に必ず解凍してください。
Make sure to thaw the chicken out before cooking.
鶏肉は調理前に必ず解凍してください。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The verb is derived from Middle English thawen, thowen (“to melt (ice, snow, etc.), thaw”), from Old English þāwian, *þāwan (“to thaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan (“to melt, thaw; to digest; to dissolve”), from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną (“to thaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt; to flow, stream”). The noun is derived from Late Middle English thawe, thowe (“melting of ice, snow, etc., thawing”), from thawen, thowen (verb) (see above). cognates * Dutch dooien (“to thaw”) * German tauen (“to thaw”) * German Low German deien (“to thaw”) * Icelandic þeyja (“to thaw”) * Saterland Frisian daie, dauje (“to thaw”) * Swedish töa (“to thaw”) * West Frisian teie (“to thaw”)