freeze

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v.冻结, 冷冻, 僵硬, 凝固
n.严寒, 冻结

例句与用法:

The sight of the masked gunman made my blood freeze.

我一看见那个持枪的蒙面人就吓得浑身冰凉。

Ann froze with terror as the door opened silently.

门一声不响地开了,把安吓呆了。

It may freeze tonight, so make sure the plants are covered.

今晚大概会有霜冻,一定要把花草都遮盖好。

Some fruits don't freeze well at all.

有些水果根本就不能冷藏。

We ate some of the fruits and froze the rest.

我们吃了一些水果,把剩下的冷藏起来。

The thief froze when he heard the footsteps approaching.

小偷听到走近的脚步声,吓得呆住了。

Water freezes at the temperature of 0 degrees Celsius.

水在摄氏零度结冰。

词形变化:

形容词: freezable | 动词过去式: froze | 动词过去分词: frozen | 动词现在分词: freezing | 动词第三人称单数: freezes |

详细释义:

vi.

1. 结冰, 凝固[(+up)]

When the thermometer is at 0 degree centigrade, water will freeze.

当温度计降至摄氏零度时, 水便会结冰。

2. 冻牢, 凝住[(+up)]

3. (用it作主语)冰冻, 严寒

It froze hard last night.

昨夜有严重冰冻。

4. 感到极冷; 冻僵

I'm freezing!

我冻僵了!

5. (食物)可以冷藏

6. (因恐惧等)呆住; 战栗, 变僵硬

She froze at the sound of a gun.

她一听到枪声就吓呆了。

7. 冻死; 冻伤

8. 变得不友善; 高傲[(+up)]

vt.

1. 使结冰, 使凝固, 使冻住[(+up)][O8]

The cold weather froze the lake.

寒冷的天气令湖面结冰了。

2. 使冻僵(或冻伤, 冻死)[O8]

He was frozen stiff after sitting so long.

他坐了好长时间, 人都冻僵了。

3. 用冷冻保藏(食物)

4. 使呆住; 使战栗

She froze her noisy children with a single look.

她一瞪眼, 吵闹的孩子们马上动也不敢动。

5. 冻结(物价, 工资, 资产等); 冻结(存款)

His salary was frozen at 200 dollars per week.

他的薪水冻结在每周二百美元的水平上。

n.[S]

1. 结冰; 凝固; 严寒期

Several people were found lying dead in the street during the big freeze last winter.

去冬严寒期街上发现好几具尸体。

2. (物价, 工资等的)冻结

The retired workers demanded a freeze on prices.

退休工人强烈要求冻结物价。


短语词组:

freeze in

1. 使冻住

The boat was frozen in.

小船被封冻了。

freeze out

1. 冻死

Half of the vegetables froze out in the sudden cold.

一半的蔬菜在突如其来的寒凉中冻死了。

2. 逼走

She won't freeze you out if you call on her.

你如果去拜访她, 她不会把你拒之门外的。

3. 由于寒冷而阻止

The meeting was frozen out.

会议因天气寒冷而未举行。

freeze over

1. (使)冰封

The pond froze over.

池塘已被冰覆盖。

freeze up

1. (使)冻结

The water pipe froze up.

这水管冻结了。

2. 怯场

The young actress froze up on the stage.

这个年轻女演员在台上怯场了。