听力中有个句子不明白

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前几天做的小马场景练习里一个句子不懂啊，请大家帮我翻一下

The new study found that swooping painting with acetone for just 5 seconds can cause the spot of acetone was applied to reach near freezing temperature.

我想问得是，the spot of acetone 是什么意思？was applied to 在这里是不是表示 能够、可以的意思呀？

谢谢大家帮忙