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. 结冰
If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes. 如果温度降到摄氏零度以下，水就会结冰。
The ground froze solid. 地面冻硬了。
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. 你此时可以把汤冷藏。
3. V-I When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. 结冰
What if it rained and then froze all through those months?
如果那几个月一直下雨然后又结冰该怎么办？
4. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冰冻
The trees were damaged by a freeze in December. 那些树被12月的一次冰冻冻坏了。
5. V-I If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. 感到极冷
The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer. 那些窗子的底部关不严，所以有段时间我们甚至在仲夏时节也感到极冷。
6. V-I If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. 呆住不动[书面]
She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her. 当手电筒的光柱照到她时，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. 冻结 (物价或工资)[商业]
They want the government to freeze prices. 他们要政府冻结物价。
8. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冻结
A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month. 本月早些时候，所有员工的工资都被冻结了。
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. 冻结 (银行账户、基金或财产)[商业]
The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts. 州长采取行动冻结了30万个账户。
10. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冻结[with supp]
...a freeze on private savings. …对私人储蓄的冻结。
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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)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]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）冻结，（使）结冰
Water freezes to ice at a temperature of 0°C. 水在零摄氏度结冰。
The ground had frozen hard/solid . 地面已经冻得硬邦邦的了。
When the lake freezes (over) (= turns into ice on the surface ), we can go skating on it. 湖面结冰后，我们可以在上面滑冰。
Our pipes froze (up) (= the water in them turned to ice ) several times last winter . 去年冬天我们的水管冻了好几次。
The weather forecast says that it is going to freeze tonight (= that the temperature will be at or below 0°C). 天气预报说今晚温度会至冰点或更低。
Without a sleeping bag , you would freeze to death (= become so cold that you die ) out there on the mountainside . 在山坡那儿，没有睡袋你会被冻死。
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 or 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]
to make food last a long time by storing it at a very low temperature so that it becomes hard
冷冻保存（食物）
I'll freeze any food that's left over. 我会把剩下的食物都冷冻起来。
Most soups freeze (= can be preserved by being stored at a very low temperature ) well. 大多数汤都可以冷冻保存。
例句
freeze verb (STOP WORKING)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 ] US (also freeze up)If an engine or lock freezes, it stops working because its parts have become stuck and can no longer move .
（引擎或锁）卡住，堵塞
My old bicycle was so rusty that the gears had frozen. 我的旧自行车锈得太厉害，齿轮都卡住不动了。
If the lock has frozen up, try lubricating it with oil . 如果锁卡住了，上点油润滑一下试试。
freeze verb (STOP MOVING)
[ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 ]If a person or animal that is moving freezes, it stops suddenly and becomes completely still, especially because of fear .
（尤指出于恐惧）僵住，呆住
She saw someone outside the window and froze. 她看见窗外有人，一下就呆住了。
"Freeze (= don't move ) or I'll shoot !" screamed the gunman . “不许动，否则我就开枪了！”那个持枪者大喊道。
freeze verb (MONEY/PROPERTY)
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix it at a particular level and not allow any increases .
使（工资、物价等）固定不变，阻止…增长
The government has frozen pensions until the end of next year . 政府已决定在明年年底之前维持养老金水平不变。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ]
to officially and legally prevent money or property from being used or moved
冻结（资金或财产）
When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt , the government ordered all their assets to be frozen. 当该公司很明显要破产倒闭时，政府下令冻结其全部资产。