- (also freezing)[uncountable]
0° Celsius, the temperature at which water freezes 冰点 Tonight temperatures will fall well below freezing (point). 今夜温度将远降至冰点以下。 The temperature dropped below freezing point this afternoon. 今天下午温度降到了零度以下。 the changes that take place at freezing point 在冰点时所发生的变化
Extra ExamplesTemperatures were around freezing. 温度在零度左右。 In the Antarctic, the temperature rarely rises above freezing. 在南极,温度很少升到零度以上。
- [countable, usually singular]
the temperature at which a particular liquid freezes 冻结点;凝固点 the freezing point of polar seawater 极地海水的冻结点