freeze
v. (使)結冰; 冷凍(食物等); 嚴寒; 凍僵,凍結; 停住不動; 暫停
n. 凍結; 冰凍(期)
If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures.
If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes...
溫度降到零攝氏度以下水就會結冰。
The ground froze solid.
地面凍實了。
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 .
You can freeze the soup at this stage...
這時可以把湯冷凍起來。
Most fresh herbs will freeze successfully.
大多數新鮮的芳草都很適宜冷凍貯藏。
If something such as a pipe or machine freezes, it becomes blocked or stiff with ice or frozen liquid.
The water pipes will freeze.
水管會凍住。
When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point.
What if it rained and then froze all through those months?
要是那幾個月一直又下雨又冰凍怎麼辦?
If you freeze, you feel extremely cold.
The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer...
窗子底下關不嚴,所以有一段時間即使是在盛夏我們也覺得很冷。
Your hands will freeze doing this.
做這個手會凍僵的。
If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet.
She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
當手電筒的光照到她身上時她僵住了。
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.
They want the government to freeze prices...
他們希望政府凍結物價。
Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
工資已被凍結,工人也下崗了。
If a government freezes a plan or process, they state officially that they will not allow it to continue for a period of time.
Britain has already frozen its aid programme...
英國已凍結了其援助專案。
Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
外交關係直到今年8月才解凍。
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.
The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts...
州長採取的行動凍結了 30 萬個賬戶。
Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他說根據這些法規,賴斯先生的資產可能已經被凍結了。
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.
Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business.
其他商人則想方設法地要把我們排擠出這個生意圈。
If something freezes over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice or other frozen substance.
The air temperature was well below freezing, and lakes and rivers froze over...
氣溫遠遠低於零度,湖面和河面都封凍了。
The lakes are still frozen over.
湖面還結著冰。
If something freezes up or if something freezes it up, it becomes completely covered or blocked with ice.
...lavatories that often freeze up in winter...
在冬季經常完全凍住的抽水馬桶
Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
冰可能會凍死他們的魚雷發射裝置。
1. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
2. weather cold enough to cause freezing
3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement;
4. fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level;
1. change to ice;
2. stop moving or become immobilized;
3. be cold;
4. cause to freeze;
5. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
6. be very cold, below the freezing point;
7. change from a liquid to a solid when cold;
8. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);
9. anesthetize by cold
10. suddenly behave coldly and formally;
freeze one's blood
使(某人)驚呆
freeze someone out
(非正式)(用敵對或阻礙手段)逼走;將…逐出
freeze on to
(非正式,舊)緊緊抓住;專心於
freeze out
排擠:以冷淡或不友好的對待加以排擠
freeze (someone's) blood
以恐怖或死亡影響;使恐怖
Relations with somebody were still in deep freeze.
同某人的關係仍然極度冷淡.
His influence is so strong that crowds of followers freeze onto him wherever he goes.
他頗有影響力,無論走到哪裡,都有成群的追隨者跟著他.
He slipped and broke his leg during the big freeze.
他在嚴寒期間滑倒,摔斷了腿.
I was due for a raise when they put a freeze on wages.
我正好應當漲工資,他們卻實行了工資凍結.
This cold wave is severe enough to freeze over all the rivers and ponds.
這次寒潮很厲害,河流和池塘都得結冰.