A glassy coating of ice formed on the ground or an exposed surface by freezing rain or the refreezing of thawed ice.
雨凇，冻雨
Example sentencesExamples
I knew that one never steps in the same river twice, but I had forgotten that one also does not step into the same silver thaw twice, either.
Freezing periods, with or without snowfall, usually end with a storm, during which the first 24 to 48 hours of rainfall freezes to all surfaces, called a silver thaw or ice storm.
The silver thaw referred to in this poem is a Canadian Maritimes word for an ice storm covering all with glaze ice.
And then there are the silver thaws, we had one that lasted for weeks when I was a kid!
It is conditions like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, firestorms and silver thaws that remind us how little control we have over our environment and how much control it has over us.
Definition of silver thaw in US English:
silver thaw
noun
A glassy coating of ice formed on the ground or an exposed surface by freezing rain or the refreezing of thawed ice.
雨凇，冻雨
Example sentencesExamples
It is conditions like earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, firestorms and silver thaws that remind us how little control we have over our environment and how much control it has over us.
The silver thaw referred to in this poem is a Canadian Maritimes word for an ice storm covering all with glaze ice.
And then there are the silver thaws, we had one that lasted for weeks when I was a kid!
Freezing periods, with or without snowfall, usually end with a storm, during which the first 24 to 48 hours of rainfall freezes to all surfaces, called a silver thaw or ice storm.
I knew that one never steps in the same river twice, but I had forgotten that one also does not step into the same silver thaw twice, either.