frostbite

/ˈfrɒstbaɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈfrɔːstbaɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfrȯs(t)-ˌbīt/ (ame, mw)

frostbite — noun

1. damage to skin and flesh — most often on fingers, toes, ears, or the nose — when

1.名詞C1
釋義

damage to skin and flesh — most often on fingers, toes, ears, or the nose — when these body parts get so cold that the tissue freezes and can die.

例句

Two climbers got frostbite on their fingers during the Everest expedition.

collocation: get frostbite on [body part]

Rafael lost the tip of one ear to frostbite after a night lost in the mountains.

pattern: lose [body part] to frostbite

同義詞
  • chilblains

    milder cold-related skin damage from poor blood flow, not actual tissue freezing

  • freeze injury

    more clinical/medical term for the same condition

反義詞
  • heatstroke

    the heat-side counterpart — body harm from very high temperatures

  • burn

    tissue damage from heat or flame instead of cold

文法句型

suffer/get/have frostbite

frostbite in/on [body part]

用法筆記

Uncountable in normal use; we say 'get frostbite' or 'suffer frostbite', not 'a frostbite'. Often paired with the affected body part using 'on' or 'in'.

常見錯誤

❌She had a frostbite on her toes.
✅She had frostbite on her toes.
💡frostbite is uncountable; no 'a' before it.
❌He got cold frostbite outside.
✅He got frostbite outside.
💡'cold' is redundant; frostbite already means cold injury.

frostbite — verb

frostbite — adjective