freeze
🇺🇸
/friːz/
🇬🇧
/friːz/
verb
B1
to become hard or turn to ice because of cold; to make something do this
Water will freeze into ice when the temperature drops below zero.
当温度降至零度以下时，水会冻结成冰。
B1
if a pipe, lock, or machine freezes, it gets blocked by frozen liquid and stops working
The pipes might freeze if we don't insulate them properly.
如果我们不妥善保温，管道可能会冻结。
B1
when the weather freezes, it is at or below 0° Celsius
It's going to freeze tonight, so cover the plants.
今晚会结冰，所以把植物盖好。
B1
to be very cold; to be so cold that you die
If you stay outside too long, you could freeze to death.
如果你在外面待太久，可能会冻死。
B1
to keep food or other items at a very low temperature to preserve them
You can freeze leftovers to eat later.
你可以把剩菜冷冻起来以后吃。
R
to be able to be kept at a very low temperature
Some berries freeze well and stay fresh for months.
有些浆果冷冻效果好，能保持新鲜数月。
R
to stop moving suddenly because of fear or shock
I saw a snake and froze in place.
我看到一条蛇，吓得僵在原地。
R
when a computer screen freezes, it stops responding due to a system problem
My computer screen tends to freeze when I open too many programs.
我打开太多程序时，电脑屏幕容易卡住。
R
to stop a video or film to look at a single frame
Freeze the video at that moment to see the details.
把视频停在那一刻，看看细节。
R
to keep wages, prices, etc., at the same level for a time
The government decided to freeze prices to control inflation.
政府决定冻结物价以控制通货膨胀。
R
to prevent money or accounts from being used by legal order
The court can freeze assets if there is suspicion of fraud.
如果怀疑有欺诈行为，法院可以冻结资产。
noun
R
the act of keeping wages, prices, etc., at a fixed level
The wage freeze helped stabilize the economy.
工资冻结有助于稳定经济。
R
the act of stopping something
The freeze on new construction lasted for a year.
新建筑冻结持续了一年。
R
a period of very cold weather when temperatures stay below 0° Celsius
The big freeze caused many roads to close.
大冰冻导致许多道路封闭。
R
a short time, especially at night, when the temperature is below 0° Celsius
There's a freeze expected tonight, so protect your garden.
预计今晚有冰冻，所以保护好你的花园。
translation
结冰；使结冰, 冻住；冻结, 天气结冰；气温降至冰点或以下, 冻僵；冻死, 冷冻；冷藏, 可冷冻的；耐低温的, 僵住；愣住, 死机；卡住, 暂停；定格, 冻结；保持稳定, 冻结；依法禁止使用
冻结；稳定措施, 停止；中止, 冰冻期；严寒期, 霜冻；短暂冰冻
词形变化
Past
froze
Perfect
frozen
Progressive
freezing
3rd Present
freezes
Plural
freezes