亚洲网紅露点

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hoar

[ hawr, hohr ]

noun

  1. hoarfrost; rime.
  2. a hoary coating or appearance.


adjective

hoar

/ 丑蓴藧 /

noun

  1. short for hoarfrost
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. rare.
    covered with hoarfrost
  2. archaic.
    a poetic variant of hoary
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hoar1

before 900; Middle English hor, Old English 丑腻谤; cognate with Old Norse 丑腻谤谤 gray with age, Old Frisian 丑脓谤 gray, Old High German 丑脓谤 old ( German hehr august, sublime)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of hoar1

Old English 丑腻谤; related to Old Norse 丑腻谤谤, Old High German 丑脓谤, Old Slavonic 蝉臎谤菙 grey
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Bernadette Benz waited for a day with hoar frost before taking her picture called Frosted Silver Birch which won the Trees, Woods and Forests category.

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"This bear came in the early hours of the morning, so it was really hoar frost and covered," she said.

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There was hoar frost last night, and all of the bare branches are coated white and sparkling.

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After all, the Japanese poem style lends itself to spare reflections on nature, crystalline musings on blossoms, songbirds or hoar frost.

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But do you know your hoar frost from your rime?

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