thawing
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解説 Definition
thawing は、凍ったものが溶けること、または凍った食品などを解凍することを表す名詞です。料理や保存食品の文脈でよく使われ、氷や雪が温度の上昇で溶ける場合にも使えます。
Thawing is the process of something frozen becoming unfrozen, or the act of causing frozen food or another object to return to a nonfrozen state. It can describe snow and ice melting in warmer conditions as well as the controlled defrosting of food.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
thaw「凍ったものが解ける・解凍する」に -ing をそのまま加えた名詞・動名詞形で、発音の核も原形 /θɔː/ を保つ。thawing meat、the thawing of snow、proper thawing の形で覚える。melting は物質一般が溶けることだが、thawing は特に凍結状態が解ける変化を表し、freezing と対になる。
Thawing is formed by adding -ing directly to thaw, without changing the base spelling. Its pronunciation keeps the vowel of thaw. Build a clear temperature sequence: freezing makes something frozen; thawing reverses that condition. Useful patterns include thawing meat in the refrigerator, the thawing of snow, and proper thawing of frozen fish. Melting can describe many solids becoming liquid, but thawing specifically begins with something frozen and emphasizes its return to an unfrozen state. The same word can also be used figuratively for a gradual easing of cold or tense relations.
例文
Thawing the meat slowly in the refrigerator is safer.
肉を冷蔵庫でゆっくり解凍するほうが安全です。
The thawing of the snow revealed the path underneath.
雪が解けて、下にあった道が見えるようになりました。
Proper thawing helps keep the texture of frozen fish.
適切な解凍は冷凍魚の食感を保つのに役立ちます。
thawing の類義語・関連語
thawing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 þawian（溶ける）から。ゲルマン祖語 *þawjaną に遡り、「凍ったものが暖かさで溶ける」が原義。thaw 単体で名詞・動詞両用。freeze（凍る）の対義語で、比喩的に「緊張関係の緩和」にも使われる。解凍だけでなく雪解けの意味も持つ。
Thawing consists of thaw plus the noun-forming or participial suffix -ing. Thaw comes from Old English thawian, meaning to melt or become warm enough to lose a frozen state, and has cognates in other Germanic languages. The underlying sense has remained notably stable. Both the verb thaw and the noun thaw can also be used figuratively for a relaxation of emotional reserve or political tension.
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