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）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。
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）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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [intransitive]
when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius 冰冻；严寒 - [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。
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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [intransitive]
to be able to be kept at a very low temperature 能冷冻贮藏 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [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。
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）冻结 - [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。
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 冻结（资金、银行账户等）
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
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。
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。