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词汇 frostbite
释义 frostbite
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈfrɒst.baɪt/ us /ˈfrɑːst.baɪt/
injury to someone caused by severe cold, usually to their toes, fingers, ears, or nose, that causes permanent loss of tissue冻伤;冻疮
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frostbite | American Dictionary


frostbite
noun[ U ]
us/ˈfrɔstˌbɑɪt/
injury to body tissues, esp. the fingers and toes, caused by freezing

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frostbite
His arrival at the ship after forty-eight hours absence, with no signs of frostbite or any other problem was a huge relief.
Frostbite and severe exposure were not uncommon.
They are threatened with frostbite, pneumonia and hypothermia.
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I take the other case, that of frostbite.
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Many of them suffered from frostbite, in addition to what befell them in attacks by the enemy.
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Is it a point of time when men are exposed for weeks in an open boat, suffering from frostbite and incurring permanent physical disability?
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I would compare those two evils to a burn and a frostbite.
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One child had been pushed out into the cold so often that he suffered severe frostbite in his feet.
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Thousands spent months, and many of them spent years, in open trenches; they lived in the open; and they suffered frostbite, trench-fever and illnesses of all descriptions.
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Is he also aware that, according to my information, soldiers in this regiment have suffered very heavy casualties owing to frostbite and pneumonia because of the non-arrival of winter clothing?
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Lorry drivers suffered from frostbite because the management would not give them gloves.
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Fifty-three deaths from cold or exposure were reported, and 799 persons were admitted to hospital suffering from frostbite, or from other maladies to which exposure had been a contributing factor.
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Because of its low temperature liquid nitrogen can be extremely damaging to body tissue, causing frostbite and cryogenic burning on contact.
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Socks routinely froze to feet and had to be cut off to fight frostbite.
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With four dogs they trekked southward, increasingly afflicted by frostbite, snow blindness and, eventually, scurvy.
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