hoarfrost
/ˈhɔː.frɒst/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhɔːr.frɑːst/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhȯr-ˌfrȯst/ (ame, mw)
hoarfrost — 名詞
- hoarfrostsingular
- hoarfrostsplural
1. a thick coating of small white ice crystals shaped like tiny needles, formed whe
白霜；霧凇
水氣在冷物體表面凝結成的白色針狀冰晶層
a thick coating of small white ice crystals shaped like tiny needles, formed when water vapour freezes directly onto cold surfaces such as grass, branches, or fences during freezing weather.
After the cold night, hoarfrost covered every branch in Élise's garden.
經過寒冷的夜晚，白霜覆蓋了 Élise 花園裡的每一根樹枝。
hoarfrost covered + [surface]
Rodrigo wiped a thick layer of hoarfrost from the windshield before driving to work.
Rodrigo 開車上班前先把擋風玻璃上厚厚一層白霜擦掉。
collocation: layer of hoarfrost
Hoarfrost on the wooden fence sparkled in the early morning sun.
木頭圍籬上的白霜在清晨陽光下閃閃發亮。
The hikers stopped to photograph the hoarfrost clinging to pine needles near the trail.
登山客在步道附近停下來，拍下緊附在松針上的白霜。
By dawn, a delicate coat of hoarfrost had settled over the grass in the churchyard.
天亮時，教堂院子的草地上已經鋪了一層細緻的白霜。
- rime
very close in meaning; rime is the more technical term used by meteorologists for ice deposits from supercooled fog
- frost
general everyday word for any thin layer of ice crystals on surfaces; hoarfrost is the thicker, feathery type
- white frost
plainer descriptive label sometimes used instead of hoarfrost in non-technical writing
文法句型
hoarfrost on [surface]
covered in hoarfrost
用法筆記
Uncountable; refers to the entire coating, not single crystals. Distinguish from ordinary 'frost' by the thicker, feathery, needle-like appearance that forms on raised surfaces in foggy or very humid freezing conditions.