| 单词 | freeze |
| 释义 | freeze [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen) COLD 冷 IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■If you freeze something, you lower its temperature below 0°C, causing it to become cold and often hard, and if something freezes, its temperature goes below 0°C （使）冻结，（使）结冰 •Water freezes to ice at a temperature of 0°C.水在摄氏零度结冰。 •The ground had frozen hard/solid •When the lake freezes (over) •Our pipes froze (up) •The weather forecast says that it •Without a sleeping bag, you would freeze to death IMPROVER intransitive or transitive ■to preserve food by storing it at a very low temperature so that it becomes hard 冷冻保存（食物） •I'll freeze any food that's left over.我会把剩下的食物都冷冻起来。 •Most soups freeze (= can be preserved by being stored at a very low temperature) well.大多数汤都可以冷冻保存。 [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen)STOP WORKING 停止工作 intransitive US (also freeze up) ■If an engine or lock freezes, it stops working because its parts have become stuck and can no longer move （引擎或锁）卡住，堵塞 •My old bicycle was so rusty that the gears had frozen.我的旧自行车锈得太厉害，齿轮都卡住不动了。 •If the lock has frozen up, try lubricating it with oil.如果锁卡住了，上点油润滑一下试试。 [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen)STOP MOVING 停止移动 intransitive ■If a person or animal that is moving freezes, it stops suddenly and becomes completely still, especially because of fear （尤指出于恐惧）僵住，呆住 •She saw someone outside the window and froze.她看见窗外有人，一下就呆住了。 •"Freeze (= Don't move) or I'll shoot", screamed the gunman.“不许动，否则我就开枪了！”那个持枪者大喊道。 [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen)MONEY/PROPERTY 资金／财产 transitive ■To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix them at a particular level and not allow any increases 使（工资、物价等）固定不变，阻止…增长 •The Government has frozen pensions until the end of next year.政府已决定在明年年底之前维持养老金水准不变。 transitive ■to officially and legally prevent money or property from being used or moved 冻结（资金或财产） •When it was obvious the company was going bankrupt, the government ordered all their assets to be frozen.当该公司很明显要破产倒闭时，政府下令冻结其全部资产。 [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen)be cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey humorous ■to be very cold 冷得要命 [fri:z] verb (froze, frozen) Phrasal Verbs [M] freeze sb out ■to make someone feel that they are not part of a group by being unfriendly towards them, or to stop someone from being included in an arrangement or activity 排挤，排斥（某人） •I felt I was being frozen out of/from •He believed that organizations like theirs were being frozen out.他认为他们那一类的组织被排除在外了。 [fri:z] noun COLD WEATHER 寒冷天气 only singular ■a period of extremely cold weather 严寒期，冰冻期 [fri:z] noun STOP 停止 countable ■a temporary stopping of something （暂时的）冻结，停滞 •The Government has imposed a wage freeze/a freeze on |
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