freeze
verb /friːz/
/friːz/
动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they freeze | /friːz/ /friːz/ |
| he / she / it freezes | /ˈfriːzɪz/ /ˈfriːzɪz/ |
| past simple froze | /frəʊz/ /frəʊz/ |
| past participle frozen | /ˈfrəʊzn/ /ˈfrəʊzn/ |
| -ing form freezing | /ˈfriːzɪŋ/ /ˈfriːzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make something do this
（使）冻结，结冰 - 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。 - freeze something The cold weather had frozen the ground.
寒冷的天气使地面都冻硬了。 - freeze + adj. The clothes froze solid on the washing line.
衣服在晒衣绳上冻成了硬块。 - freeze something + adj. The frost had frozen the ground hard.
霜冻把地面冻得很硬。 - Last year's cold spell froze the lake solid.
去年的寒流把湖面冻得结结实实。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- Water freezes at 0°C.
- [intransitive, transitive] if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used
（使）冻住，冻堵 - The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water.
水管已经冻了，我们接不到水。 - freeze up I kept the car running to stop the engine freezing up.
我让车一直开着，以防发动机结冰。 - freeze something 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。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water.
- [intransitive] when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius
冰冻；严寒 - It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside.
今夜可能有霜冻，把花草搬进屋来吧。
- It may freeze tonight, so bring those plants inside.
- [intransitive, transitive] to be very cold; to be so cold that you die
极冷；（使）冻死 - 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。 - freeze somebody Two men were frozen to death on the mountain.
两个男子在山上冻死了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- Every time she opens the window we all freeze.
- [transitive] freeze something to keep something, especially food, at a very low temperature in order to preserve it
冷冻贮藏；冷藏 - Can you freeze this cake?
你能不能把这个蛋糕冷藏起来？ - The organ samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen.
器官样本立即在液氮中冷冻。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- Can you freeze this cake?
- [intransitive] to be able to be kept at a very low temperature
能冷冻贮藏 - Some fruits freeze better than others.
有些水果比其他的更适宜冷藏。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- Some fruits freeze better than others.
- [intransitive] to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc.
（因害怕等）停住不动；惊呆；吓呆 - I froze with terror as the door slowly opened.
门慢慢开启时我吓呆了。 - (figurative) 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。
- Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze.
突然，龙尼似乎僵住了。 - He was so surprised he froze to the spot.
他惊讶得呆若木鸡。 - Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.
玛吉一下变得面若冰霜。 - She froze with horror when she saw the body.
她看到尸体时吓呆了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- for a moment
- for a second
- …
- seem to
- in
- with
- into
- …
- freeze to the spot
- freeze on the spot
- I froze with terror as the door slowly opened.
- [intransitive] when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system
（屏幕）冻结 - [transitive] freeze something to stop a film or video in order to look at a particular picture
使定格 - Freeze the action there!
把这个画面定格在那里！
- Freeze the action there!
- [transitive] freeze something to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time
使固定不动 - Salaries have been frozen for the current year.
今年的工资已冻结。 - Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.
物价冻结在这一水平已有一年多了。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- at
- Salaries have been frozen for the current year.
- [transitive] freeze something to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it
冻结（资金、银行账户等） - The company's assets have been frozen.
这家公司的资产已被冻结。
- The company's assets have been frozen.
become ice结冰
of pipe/lock/machine管子；锁；机器
of weather天气
be very cold很冷
food食物
stop moving停住
computer计算机
film/movie电影
wages/prices工资；物价
money/bank account现金账；银行账户
词源Old English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.
Idioms
freeze your blood | make your blood freeze
- to make you extremely frightened or shocked
使人恐惧万分；令人毛骨悚然
freeze/stop/halt in your tracks
- to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
（使由于恐惧或吃惊）突然止步；（使）怔住 - Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath.
杰斯僵在原地，深吸了一口气。
- Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath.
stop/halt somebody in their tracks | stop/halt/freeze in your tracks
- to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you
（使由于恐惧或吃惊）突然止步；（使）怔住 - The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
这个问题问得艾丽斯张口结舌无以答对。 - Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing?
突然，他突然停下脚步:他在干什么？ - (figurative) The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes.
免疫方案阻止了这种疾病的曼延。
- The question stopped Alice in her tracks.