Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense freezes, present participle freezing, past tense froze, past participle frozen
1V-ERG (使)冻结;(使)结冰;(使)凝固 If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. (使)冻结;(使)结冰;(使)凝固 [Also V n adj]
If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes. [VERB]
温度降到零摄氏度以下水就会结冰。
The ground froze solid. [VERB adj.ive]
地面冻实了。
...the discovery of how to freeze water at higher temperatures. [VERB noun]
2V-ERG 冷冻(食物等) 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 . 冷冻(食物等)
You can freeze the soup at this stage. [VERB noun]
这时可以把汤冷冻起来。
Most fresh herbs will freeze successfully. [VERB adv.]
3VERB (管子、机器等因液体结冰)冻得堵塞,冻牢 If something such as a pipe or machine freezes, it becomes blocked or stiff with ice or frozen liquid. (管子、机器等因液体结冰)冻得堵塞,冻牢
The water pipes will freeze. [VERB]
水管会冻住。
4VERB (天气)冷到结冰的程度,冰冻 When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. (天气)冷到结冰的程度,冰冻
What if it rained and then froze all through those months? [VERB]
要是那几个月一直又下雨又冰冻怎么办?
Freeze is also a noun.
The trees were damaged by a freeze in December.
那些树因为 12 月里的一次冰冻而遭到毁坏。
5VERB 冻僵;感到极冷 If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. 冻僵;感到极冷
The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer. [VERB]
窗子底下关不严,所以有一段时间即使是在盛夏我们也觉得很冷。
Your hands will freeze doing this. [VERB]
做这个手会冻僵的。
6VERB 僵住;呆住;停住不动 If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. 僵住;呆住;停住不动 [written]
She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her. [VERB]
当手电筒的光照到她身上时她僵住了。
SYN stop, stop dead, stop suddenly, stop in your tracks
7VERB 冻结,限定(物价、工资等) 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. 冻结,限定(物价、工资等) [business]
They want the government to freeze prices. [VERB noun]
他们希望政府冻结物价。
Wages have been frozen and workers laid off. [VERB noun]
A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month.
这个月早些时候,所有员工的工资都被冻结了。
...a freeze on the prices of consumer goods.
消费品价格的限定
8VERB 冻结,暂停(计划、进程等) If a government freezes a plan or process, they state officially that they will not allow it to continue for a period of time. 冻结,暂停(计划、进程等)
Britain has already frozen its aid programme. [VERB noun]
英国已冻结了其援助项目。
Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year. [beVERB-ed]
外交关系直到今年8月才解冻。
Freeze is also a noun.
...a freeze in nuclear weapons programs.
核武器项目的冻结
9VERB 冻结,查封(银行账户、基金、财产等) 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. 冻结,查封(银行账户、基金、财产等) [business]
The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts. [VERB noun]
州长采取的行动冻结了 30 万个账户。
Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen. [beVERB-ed]
11PHRASAL VERB 排挤;逐出;挤对 If you freeze someone out of an activity or situation, you prevent them from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly. 排挤;逐出;挤对
Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business.
其他商人则想方设法地要把我们排挤出这个生意圈。
12PHRASAL VERB (表面)封冻,结冰 If something freezes over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice or other frozen substance. (表面)封冻,结冰
The air temperature was well below freezing, and lakes and rivers froze over.
气温远远低于零度,湖面和河面都封冻了。
The lakes are still frozen over.
湖面还结着冰。
13PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)完全被冰覆盖(或堵塞) If something freezes up or if something freezes it up, it becomes completely covered or blocked with ice. (使)完全被冰覆盖(或堵塞)
...lavatories that often freeze up in winter.
在冬季经常完全冻住的抽水马桶
Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
1putting a particular level on sth限定水平ADJECTIVE | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤immediate立即凍結▸➤complete, total (especially BrE) 完全/全部凍結◇a complete freeze on emissions對氣體排放的完全凍結➤hiring, pay, price, wage (especially BrE) 招聘/薪酬/價格/工資凍結VERB + FREEZE➤impose實行凍結◇The government has imposed a price freeze on bread.政府已對麪包價格實行凍結。➤announce宣佈凍結PREPOSITION➤freeze on凍結⋯◇a freeze on fares票價的凍結freeze
noun²
2cold weather with a temperature below 0°冰凍天氣ADJECTIVE | FREEZE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤big, deep, hard (NAmE) 嚴寒;深度冰凍◇The weather report advised us to prepare for a big freeze.天氣預報提醒大家注意預防嚴寒。◇Internet advertising is still in a deep freeze. (NAmE, figurative) 在因特網上登廣告仍然鮮有人問津。➤autumn, spring, etc. (especially BrE) 秋天、春天等的冰凍期FREEZE + NOUN➤warning (NAmE) 冰凍警報◇A hard freeze warning is in effect from midnight Sunday.嚴寒警報從週日午夜開始有效。freeze
verb¹
1become ice/extremely cold結冰;極冷ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤solid凍實◇The pond had frozen solid.池塘已經凍硬了。➤over, up冰封;凍住◇The lake has frozen over.湖面已經冰封了。◇The pipes have frozen up.水管凍住了。➤quickly迅速結冰PREPOSITION➤into凍成⋯◇like water freezing into ice就像水結成冰一樣PHRASES➤freeze to death凍死◇Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.今年冬天有數以百計無家可歸的人可能凍死。◇Turn up the heat-I'm freezing to death! (figurative) 打開暖氣 - 我快要凍死了!freeze
verb²
2preserve food保藏食品ADVERB➤well適宜冷藏◇Many vegetables freeze very well.許多蔬菜很適宜冷藏。freeze
verb³
3stop moving停止不動ADVERB | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤suddenly突然呆住▸➤for a moment, for a second, momentarily一時僵住◇His smile froze for a moment.他臉上的笑容一時僵住了。➤immediately, instantly立即/馬上僵住➤completely完全僵住VERB + FREEZE➤seem to似乎僵住◇Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze.突然,龍尼似乎僵住了。PREPOSITION➤in, with因⋯而呆住◇She froze with horror when she saw the body.她看到屍體時嚇呆了。➤into僵成⋯◇Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.瑪吉一下變得面若冰霜。PHRASES➤freeze to the spot呆住不動◇He was so surprised he froze to the spot.他驚訝得呆若木雞。➤freeze on the spot (NAmE) 當場僵住freeze
verb⁴
4wages/prices工資;價格ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤effectively實際凍結◇Salaries were effectively frozen for six months.工資實際上凍結了 6 個月。PREPOSITION➤at凍結在⋯水平◇Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.物價凍結在這一水平已有一年多了。