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BNC: 3516 COCA: 2807

freeze

Word family 
freeze1 /friːz/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tensepst froze /frəʊz $ froʊz/, past participlepp frozen /ˈfrəʊzən $ ˈfroʊ-/)   → frieze
1  liquid 液体 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COLD if a liquid or something wet freezes or is frozen, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold （使）结冰，（使）冻结 → melt, thaw
 The lake had frozen overnight.
湖上一夜之间就结了冰。
2  food 食品 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]COLD to preserve food for a long time by keeping it at a very low temperature, or to be preserved in this way 冷藏；冷冻
 I think I’ll freeze that extra meat.
我想把多余的肉冷冻起来。
 Tomatoes don’t freeze well.
番茄不宜冷冻。
3  machine/engine 机器/发动机 [intransitiveI]HARD if a machine, engine, pipe etc freezes, the liquid inside it becomes solid with cold, so that it does not work properly 冻住
 The water pipes have frozen.
水管已经冻住了。
4  WEATHER 天气it freezes if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below freezing point 冰冻；严寒
 Do you think it’ll freeze tonight?
你觉得今晚会上冻吗？
Examples from the Corpus
it freezes• For most of the time, conditions are ideal-but, sometimes, it freezes.• And if possible, shovel up and remove the mush before it freezes again.• Now it freezes at night into a crust that you can walk on in the morning.• That night it freezes hard and next morning after a brief breakfast we thaw out the boat and set off again.• Explanation Every liquid has a certain temperature at which it freezes or melts.
5  feel cold 感到寒冷 [intransitiveI]COLD to feel very cold 感到很冷，冻僵
 I nearly froze to death watching that football match.
看那场足球赛差点把我冻死了。
6  wages/prices 工资/价格 [transitiveT]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING if a government or company freezes wages, prices etc, they do not increase them for a period of time 冻结〔工资、物价等〕
 The government has been forced to cut spending and freeze public-sector wages.
政府只得削减开支，冻结公营部门的工资。
7  money/property 钱/财产 [transitiveT]PREVENT to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold etc 冻结〔存款、财产等〕
 The court froze their assets.
法院冻结了他们的资产。
8  stop moving 停止移动 [intransitiveI]STOP MOVING to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet 突然停止；呆住
 I froze and listened; someone was in my apartment.
我突然停下来仔细听: 有人在我的公寓里。
freeze with
 She froze with horror.
她吓呆了。
9  film 电影 [transitiveT] to stop a DVD or video in order to be able to look at a particular part of it 使定格 → freeze-frame
 He froze the picture on the screen.
他把屏幕上的画面定格。
10  somebody’s blood freezes used to say that someone is very frightened or shocked 某人血液凝固〔指十分惊恐〕
 I heard his scream and felt my blood freeze.
听到他的尖叫声，我觉得自己血液都凝固了。
11 freeze somebody ↔ out phrasal verbphr v PREVENTto deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc 排挤
 Why did you freeze me out?
你们为什么排挤我？
Examples from the Corpus
freeze out• Crack it with an ax and freezing water gushes out.• Willing my heart to beat normally, I defy the urge to turn back or freeze or cry out.• Golden Freeze cut out much of the early running but Waterloo Boy moved smoothly into the lead three out.• I now decided it was time to freeze him out of bed by opening the door wide and leaving it like that.• But wrap up well before you go through that garden because it's enough to freeze you out there.• The meeting had finished late and Don would be freezing to death out there.• She froze him out; went limp in his arms and let her lips go slack under his.
12 freeze over phrasal verbphr v HARDif an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice 〔表面〕结冰，封冻
 The lake has frozen over.
湖面全结冰了。
13 freeze up phrasal verbphr v 
a) if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly 〔机器、引擎或管子〕冻住 SYN freeze
b) to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally 〔突然〕呆住
 I wouldn’t know what to say. I’d just freeze up.
我不知道说什么好，整个人呆住了。
Examples from the Corpus
freeze• An increase in state pensions, due in November, was frozen.• As soon as the music stops everyone freezes.• Run a thin stream of water to help keep the pipes from freezing.• The company has announced that it intends to freeze all salaries for a year.• You can freeze any leftover chili for another meal.• All government employees have had their salaries frozen at last year's levels.• And at this point, all of us froze, because we all knew the awful reality we were in.• The cold weather froze firefighters' hoses.• You'll freeze if you don't put a coat on.• The water in the lake used to freeze most winters, and then it was good for skating.• As the ground freezes over the winter, many species of plants on the Great Plains come loose and become tumbleweeds.• Hey! The milk's frozen solid!• You can make a big batch and freeze some of it for later.• Dole urged fellow Republicans to back his plan to freeze state spending and cut taxes.• The court issued an order freezing the company's assets temporarily.• The city may have to freeze the hiring of new police officers.• Don't freeze the rolls for longer than three weeks.
froze to death• And no, the baby never froze to death.• He was locked in a chilly room as punishment for some misdemeanour and there he froze to death.• The first was June Kashpaw, who after their marriage walked into a blizzard and froze to death.• We decided to abandon fishing and head for home before I froze to death.• Whilst on their way a blizzard struck and some were trapped and froze to death.• We almost froze to death at the football game.• They probably froze to death by the millions.• One of them froze to death in 1943.• Valerian froze to death one night in winter.
froze with horror• Running through the orange grove, which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror.• The man sitting next to her grandmother wore the distinctive sharp-peaked cap of the Gestapo and Peach froze with horror.
Related topics: Nature
freeze2 ●○○ noun  
1  [countableC]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING a time when people are not allowed to increase prices or pay 〔价格、工资等的〕冻结
a price/pay/wage freeze 价格/工资冻结
freeze on
 a freeze on pay rises
冻结加薪
2  [countableC]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING the stopping of some activity or process 〔活动或过程的〕停止
3. DNCOLD[singular] British EnglishBrE a period of extremely cold weather 冰冻期，严寒期
4. [countableC usually singular] American EnglishAmEPERIOD OF TIME a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is extremely low 〔尤指夜间的〕霜冻
→ deep freeze
Examples from the Corpus
freeze• The prime minister has announced a freeze on income tax for two years.• Banana plants will die back in a freeze but usually return in the spring from the rootstocks.• Other stringent measures included a freeze on tax allowances this year.• Unless a freak freeze is experienced, an unusually warm late winter-early springtime will have Augusta National in lush heavily-grassed condition.• Wait to prune in March, when the Gulf Coast area is usually out of danger of a hard freeze.• While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.
a price/pay/wage freeze• The 340 hourly-paid workers would not accept a wages freeze and cuts in their benefits and were sacked.• While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.• Three-quarters of the workforce was sacked after failing to accept a management plan which involved a wages freeze and benefit cuts.• Around one in eight of the survey sample reported a pay freeze for the workers concerned.
From Longman Business Dictionary
freezefreeze1 /friːz/ verb (past tensepst froze /frəʊzfroʊz/, past participlepp frozen /ˈfrəʊzənˈfroʊ-/)
1[transitiveT]COMMERCE if a government or company freezes prices, wages etc, they keep them at a particular level
The company cut executive salaries by 10%, all remaining salaries were frozen.
The president froze fuel prices and set a ceiling on prices for basic foodstuffs.
2LAWBANKINGto legally prevent money in a bank from being taken out, property from being sold etc, for example because there is a disagreement concerning it
A federal judge froze more than $20 million in FundAmerica bank accounts last Friday after several California investors sued Mr Edwards.
3[transitiveT]COMMERCE to stop an activity or a proposed activity for a period of time
The airline froze hiring and instructed employees to reduce spending.
Mr Smith has frozen plans to develop the record company.
4[intransitiveI]computing if a computer or a computer screen freezes, the image on the screen will not change because of a problem with the computer
My computer froze and I had to reboot it.
→ see also frozen
freezefreeze2 noun
1[countableC]ECONOMICS when prices, wages etc are fixed at a particular level
They said the cable television industry was abusing its market position, and called for a mandatory price freeze in cable rates.
The prime minister called for a pay freeze to help keep inflation down.
→ credit freeze
2[countableC] when an activity is stopped for a period of time
freeze on
If the government imposes a freeze on the roads programme, up to 20,000 jobs could be lost.
In an effort to reduce overheads, they laid off a quarter of the staff and initiated a hiring freeze (=when a company does not take new employees).
Origin freeze1
Old English freosan
freeze1 verbfreeze2 noun
Chinese
Corpus
BNC: 3516 COCA: 2807
freeze

noun¹

 1putting a particular level on sth限定水平ADJECTIVE | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤immediate立即凍結▸➤complete, total (especially BrE) 完全／全部凍結◇a complete freeze on emissions對氣體排放的完全凍結➤hiring, pay, price, wage (especially BrE) 招聘／薪酬／價格／工資凍結VERB + FREEZE➤impose實行凍結◇The government has imposed a price freeze on bread.政府已對麪包價格實行凍結。➤announce宣佈凍結PREPOSITION➤freeze on凍結⋯◇a freeze on fares票價的凍結
freeze

noun²

 2cold weather with a temperature below 0°冰凍天氣ADJECTIVE | FREEZE + NOUN ADJECTIVE➤big, deep, hard (NAmE) 嚴寒；深度冰凍◇The weather report advised us to prepare for a big freeze.天氣預報提醒大家注意預防嚴寒。◇Internet advertising is still in a deep freeze. (NAmE, figurative) 在因特網上登廣告仍然鮮有人問津。➤autumn, spring, etc. (especially BrE) 秋天、春天等的冰凍期FREEZE + NOUN➤warning (NAmE) 冰凍警報◇A hard freeze warning is in effect from midnight Sunday.嚴寒警報從週日午夜開始有效。
freeze

verb¹

 1become ice/extremely cold結冰；極冷ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤solid凍實◇The pond had frozen solid.池塘已經凍硬了。➤over, up冰封；凍住◇The lake has frozen over.湖面已經冰封了。◇The pipes have frozen up.水管凍住了。➤quickly迅速結冰PREPOSITION➤into凍成⋯◇like water freezing into ice就像水結成冰一樣PHRASES➤freeze to death凍死◇Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.今年冬天有數以百計無家可歸的人可能凍死。◇Turn up the heat－I'm freezing to death! (figurative) 打開暖氣 － 我快要凍死了！
freeze

verb²

 2preserve food保藏食品ADVERB➤well適宜冷藏◇Many vegetables freeze very well.許多蔬菜很適宜冷藏。
freeze

verb³

 3stop moving停止不動ADVERB | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤suddenly突然呆住▸➤for a moment, for a second, momentarily一時僵住◇His smile froze for a moment.他臉上的笑容一時僵住了。➤immediately, instantly立即／馬上僵住➤completely完全僵住VERB + FREEZE➤seem to似乎僵住◇Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze.突然，龍尼似乎僵住了。PREPOSITION➤in, with因⋯而呆住◇She froze with horror when she saw the body.她看到屍體時嚇呆了。➤into僵成⋯◇Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.瑪吉一下變得面若冰霜。PHRASES➤freeze to the spot呆住不動◇He was so surprised he froze to the spot.他驚訝得呆若木雞。➤freeze on the spot (NAmE) 當場僵住
freeze

verb⁴

 4wages/prices工資；價格ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤effectively實際凍結◇Salaries were effectively frozen for six months.工資實際上凍結了 6 個月。PREPOSITION➤at凍結在⋯水平◇Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.物價凍結在這一水平已有一年多了。
BNC: 3516 COCA: 2807
freeze verb
⇨ cool
BNC: 3516 COCA: 2807

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