refrigerate
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they refrigerate | |
he / she / it refrigerates | |
past simple refrigerated | |
past participle refrigerated | |
-ing form refrigerating |
- refrigerate something
to make food, etc. cold in order to keep it fresh or preserve it 使冷却;使变冷;冷藏 Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin refrigerat- ‘made cool’, from the verb refrigerare, from re- ‘back’ + frigus, frigor- ‘cold’.