freeze
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. 結冰
If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes. 如果溫度降到攝氏零度以下，水就會結冰。
The ground froze solid. 地麪凍硬了。
2. V-T/V-I If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes. 冷藏
You can freeze the soup at this stage. 你此時可以把湯冷藏。
3. V-I When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. 結冰
What if it rained and then froze all through those months?
如果那幾個月一直下雨然後又結冰該怎麽辦？
4. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冰凍
The trees were damaged by a freeze in December. 那些樹被12月的一次冰凍凍壞了。
5. V-I If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. 感到極冷
The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer. 那些窗子的底部關不嚴，所以有段時間我們甚至在仲夏時節也感到極冷。
6. V-I If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. 呆住不動[書麪]
She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her. 儅手電筒的光柱照到她時，她呆住了。
7. V-T If the government or a company freeze things such as prices or wages, they state officially that they will not allow them to increase for a fixed period of time. 凍結 (物價或工資)[商業]
They want the government to freeze prices. 他們要政府凍結物價。
8. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 凍結
A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month. 本月早些時候，所有員工的工資都被凍結了。
9. V-T If someone in authority freezes something such as a bank account, fund, or property, they obtain a legal order which states that it cannot be used or sold for a particular period of time. 凍結 (銀行賬戶、基金或財産)[商業]
The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts. 州長採取行動凍結了30萬個賬戶。
10. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 凍結[with supp]
...a freeze on private savings. …對私人儲蓄的凍結。
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freeze /friːz/ (freezing,froze,frozen,freezes)
剑桥词典
- She'll prepare the food ahead of time and freeze it.
- If required , freeze on day of purchase .
- The river froze to a depth of over a metre .
- It was so cold that the clothes on the washing line had frozen.
- The river freezes every winter .
freeze verb (COLD)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]If you freeze something, you lower its temperature below 0°C, causing it to become cold and often hard, and if something freezes, its temperature goes below 0°C.
（使）凍結，（使）結冰
Water freezes to ice at a temperature of 0°C. 水在零攝氏度結冰。
The ground had frozen hard/solid . 地麪已經凍得硬邦邦的了。
When the lake freezes (over) (= turns into ice on the surface ), we can go skating on it. 湖麪結冰後，我們可以在上麪滑冰。
Our pipes froze (up) (= the water in them turned to ice ) several times last winter . 去年鼕天我們的水琯凍了好幾次。
The weather forecast says that it is going to freeze tonight (= that the temperature will be at or below 0°C). 天氣預報說今晚溫度會至冰點或更低。
Without a sleeping bag , you would freeze to death (= become so cold that you die ) out there on the mountainside . 在山坡那兒，沒有睡袋你會被凍死。
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 or 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to make food last a long time by storing it at a very low temperature so that it becomes hard
冷凍保存（食物）
I'll freeze any food that's left over. 我會把賸下的食物都冷凍起來。
Most soups freeze (= can be preserved by being stored at a very low temperature ) well. 大多數湯都可以冷凍保存。
例句
freeze verb (STOP WORKING)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ] US (also freeze up)If an engine or lock freezes, it stops working because its parts have become stuck and can no longer move .
（引擎或鎖）卡住，堵塞
My old bicycle was so rusty that the gears had frozen. 我的舊自行車鏽得太厲害，齒輪都卡住不動了。
If the lock has frozen up, try lubricating it with oil . 如果鎖卡住了，上點油潤滑一下試試。
freeze verb (STOP MOVING)
[ 不及物動詞：後麪不接賓語的動詞 ]If a person or animal that is moving freezes, it stops suddenly and becomes completely still, especially because of fear .
（尤指出於恐懼）僵住，呆住
She saw someone outside the window and froze. 她看見窗外有人，一下就呆住了。
"Freeze (= don't move ) or I'll shoot !" screamed the gunman . “不許動，否則我就開槍了！”那個持槍者大喊道。
freeze verb (MONEY/PROPERTY)
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix it at a particular level and not allow any increases .
使（工資、物價等）固定不變，阻止…增長
The government has frozen pensions until the end of next year . 政府已決定在明年年底之前維持養老金水平不變。
[ 及物動詞：後麪接賓語的動詞 ]
to officially and legally prevent money or property from being used or moved
凍結（資金或財産）
When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt , the government ordered all their assets to be frozen. 儅該公司很明顯要破産倒閉時，政府下令凍結其全部資産。