(亦作rime ice)［mass noun］
1- frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapour in cloud or fog霜。
1.1
- poetic/literary hoar frost〈诗/文〉白霜。
with obj.
- poetic/literary cover (an object) with hoar frost〈诗/文〉使（物体）蒙上白霜：
he does not brush away the frost that rimes his beard.
他没有捋去蒙在胡须上的白霜。
词源
Old English hrīm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijm. The word became rare in Middle English but was revived in literary use at the end of the 18th cent.