Let's go skating before the thaw sets in.

趁还未开冻，我们去溜冰吧。

《新英汉大辞典》

Some think the thaw in relations between Warsaw and Moscow has sparked mischief-making.

有人认为，华沙和莫斯科之间的冰冻关系引发了争端。

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We slogged through the mud of an early spring thaw.

我们在初春解冻期的泥泞里艰难跋涉。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The North's warning comes in the middle of a week of North-South talks, seen by many as a thaw between the two.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The U.S.-Burma meetings this week follow signs of a possible thaw in relations between the military government and Aung San Suu Kyi.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Many North Korea experts see Friday's far more modest wage proposal in the context of a recent thaw Pyongyang's attitude toward the South possibly aimed at boosting economic assistance as the North feels the pinch of international sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

The thaw could also threaten oil production, which relies on hard-frozen winter ground to move heavy machinery.

ECONOMIST: The state is getting warmer and no one's happy

Some think the thaw in relations between Warsaw and Moscow has sparked mischief-making.

ECONOMIST: Lithuania and Poland seem to have hit an icy impasse

Indeed, the thaw may be happening even faster in Pakistan, perhaps because its other concerns terrorism, political uncertainty seem even more pressing.

ECONOMIST: A tale of detention and detente