freeze
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they freeze | |
| he / she / it freezes | |
| past simple froze | |
| past participle frozen | |
| -ing form freezing |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make something do this （使）凍結，結冰 Water freezes at 0°C. 水在 0 攝氏度時結冰。 It's so cold that even the river has frozen. 天氣冷得河都封凍了。 - freeze something
The cold weather had frozen the ground. 寒冷的天氣使地面都凍硬了。 - freeze + adj.
The clothes froze solid on the washing line. 衣服在曬衣繩上凍成了硬塊。 - freeze something + adj.
The frost had frozen the ground hard. 霜凍把地面凍得很硬。 Last year's cold spell froze the lake solid. 去年的寒流把湖面凍得結結實實。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [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）凍住，凍堵 The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water. 水管已經凍了，我們接不到水。 - freeze up
I kept the car running to stop the engine freezing up. 我讓車一直開着，以防發動機結冰。 - freeze something
Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car. 零下十攝氏度把轎車上的鎖凍住了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [intransitive]
when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius 冰凍；嚴寒 - [intransitive, transitive]
to be very cold; to be so cold that you die 極冷；（使）凍死 Every time she opens the window we all freeze. 每次她開窗戶，我們都冷得要死。 Two men froze to death on the mountain. 兩個男子在山上凍死了。 - freeze somebody
Two men were frozen to death on the mountain. 兩個男子在山上凍死了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [transitive] freeze something
to keep something, especially food, at a very low temperature in order to preserve it 冷凍貯藏；冷藏 Can you freeze this cake? 你能不能把這個蛋糕冷藏起來？ The organ samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. 器官樣本立即在液氮中冷凍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [intransitive]
to be able to be kept at a very low temperature 能冷凍貯藏 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [intransitive]
to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc. （因害怕等）停住不動；驚呆；嚇呆 I froze with terror as the door slowly opened. 門慢慢開啓時我嚇呆了。 - (figurative)
The smile froze on her lips. 她臉上的笑容僵住了。 The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun. 警察大喊 “不許動！” 那個男人便放下了槍。
Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze. 突然，龍尼似乎僵住了。 He was so surprised he froze to the spot. 他驚訝得呆若木雞。 Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask. 瑪吉一下變得面若冰霜。 She froze with horror when she saw the body. 她看到屍體時嚇呆了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- for a moment
- for a second
- …
- seem to
- in
- with
- into
- …
- freeze to the spot
- freeze on the spot
- [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）凍結 - [transitive] freeze something
to stop a film or video in order to look at a particular picture 使定格 - [transitive] freeze something
to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time 使固定不動 Salaries have been frozen for the current year. 今年的工資已凍結。 Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now. 物價凍結在這一水平已有一年多了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- at
- [transitive] freeze something
to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it 凍結（資金、銀行賬戶等）
become ice結冰
of pipe/lock/machine管子；鎖；機器
of weather天氣
be very cold很冷
food食物
stop moving停住
computer計算機
film/movie電影
wages/prices工資；物價
money/bank account現金賬；銀行賬戶
Word OriginOld 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 使人恐懼萬分；令人毛骨悚然
freeze/stop/halt in your tracks
to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you （使由於恐懼或吃驚）突然止步；（使）怔住 Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath. 傑斯僵在原地，深吸了一口氣。
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 （使由於恐懼或吃驚）突然止步；（使）怔住 The question stopped Alice in her tracks. 這個問題問得艾麗斯張口結舌無以答對。 Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing? 突然，他突然停下腳步:他在幹什麽？ - (figurative)
The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes. 免疫方案阻止了這種疾病的曼延。