1. | [i][t] （使）冻结，结冰to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make sth do this |
Water freezes at 0˚C. 水在 0 摄氏度时结冰。 | |
It's so cold that even the river has frozen. 天气冷得河都封冻了。 | |
The cold weather had frozen the ground. 寒冷的天气使地面都冻硬了。 | |
The clothes froze solid on the washing-line. 衣服在晒衣绳上冻成了硬块。 |
2. | [i][t] （使）冻住，冻堵if a pipe, lock or machinefreezes , or sthfreezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used |
The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water. 水管已经冻了，我们接不到水。 | |
Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car. 零下十摄氏度把轿车上的锁冻住了。 |
3. | [i] 冰冻；严寒whenit freezes , the weather is at or below 0˚ Celsius |
It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside. 今夜可能有霜冻，把花草搬进屋来吧。 |
4. | [i][t] 极冷；（使）冻死to be very cold; to be so cold that you die |
Every time she opens the window we all freeze. 每次她开窗户，我们都冷得要死。 | |
Two men froze to death on the mountain. 两个男子在山上冻死了。 | |
Two men were frozen to death on the mountain. 两个男子在山上冻死了。 |
5. | [t] ~ sth 冷冻贮藏；冷藏to keep food at a very low temperature in order to preserve it |
Can you freeze this cake? 你能不能把这个蛋糕冷藏起来？ | |
These meals are ideal for home freezing. 这些饭食很适合家庭冷藏。 |
6. | [i] 能冷冻贮藏to be able to be kept at a very low temperature |
Some fruits freeze better than others. 有些水果比其他的适宜于冷藏。 |
7. | [i] （因害怕等）停住不动；惊呆；吓呆to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc. |
I froze with terror as the door slowly opened. 门慢慢开启时我吓呆了。 | |
The smile froze on her lips. 她脸上的笑容僵住了。 | |
The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun. 警察大喊“不许动！”那个男人便放下了枪。 |
8. | [i] （屏幕）冻结when a computer screenfreezes , you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system |
9. | [t] ~ sth 使定格to stop a film/movie or video in order to look at a particular picture |
Freeze the action there! 把这个画面定格在那里！ |
10. | [t] ~ sth 使固定不动to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time |
Salaries have been frozen for the current year. 今年的工资已冻结。 |
11. | [t] ~ sth 冻结（资金、银行账户等）to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it |
The company's assets have been frozen. 这家公司的资产已被冻结。 |
1. | 冻结the act of keeping wages, prices, etc. at a particular level for a period of time |
a wage/price freeze 工资╱物价的冻结 |
2. | [ususing] ~ (on sth) 停止the act of stopping sth |
a freeze on imports 停止进口 |
3. | [ususing] 冰冻期；严寒期an unusually cold period of weather during which temperatures stay below 0˚ Celsius |
Farmers still talk about the big freeze of '99. 农民至今还在谈论 1999 年的大严寒。 |
4. | 霜冻a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is below 0˚ Celsius |
A freeze warning was posted for Thursday night. 据警报星期四夜间有霜冻。 |
