freeze
verb🔊/friːz/
🔊/friːz/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they freeze | 🔊/friːz/ 🔊/friːz/ |
| he / she / it freezes | 🔊/ˈfriːzɪz/ 🔊/ˈfriːzɪz/ |
| past simple froze | 🔊/frəʊz/ 🔊/frəʊz/ |
| past participle frozen | 🔊/ˈfrəʊzn/ 🔊/ˈfrəʊzn/ |
| -ing form freezing | 🔊/ˈfriːzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈfriːzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become hard, and often turn to ice, as a result of extreme cold; to make something do this （使）冻结，结冰 Water freezes at 0°C. 水在 0 摄氏度时结冰。 🔊🔊 It's so cold that even the river has frozen. 天气冷得河都封冻了。 🔊🔊 - freeze something
The cold weather had frozen the ground. 寒冷的天气使地面都冻硬了。 🔊🔊 - freeze + adj.
The clothes froze solid on the washing line. 衣服在晒衣绳上冻成了硬块。 🔊🔊 - freeze something + adj.
The frost had frozen the ground hard. 霜冻使地面坚硬。 Last year's cold spell froze the lake solid. 去年的寒冷使湖面变得坚硬。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [intransitive, transitive]
if a pipe, lock or machine freezes, or something freezes it, it becomes blocked with frozen liquid and therefore cannot be used （使）冻住，冻堵 The pipes have frozen, so we've got no water. 水管已经冻了，我们接不到水。 🔊🔊 - freeze up
I kept the car running to stop the engine freezing up. 我保持汽车运转以停止发动机冻结。 - freeze something
Ten degrees of frost had frozen the lock on the car. 零下十摄氏度把轿车上的锁冻住了。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [intransitive]
when it freezes, the weather is at or below 0° Celsius 冰冻；严寒 - [intransitive, transitive]
to be very cold; to be so cold that you die 极冷；（使）冻死 Every time she opens the window we all freeze. 每次她开窗户，我们都冷得要死。 🔊🔊 Two men froze to death on the mountain. 两个男子在山上冻死了。 🔊🔊 - freeze somebody
Two men were frozen to death on the mountain. 两个男子在山上冻死了。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- solid
- over
- up
- …
- into
- freeze to death
- [transitive] freeze something
to keep something, especially food, at a very low temperature in order to preserve it 冷冻贮藏；冷藏 Can you freeze this cake? 你能不能把这个蛋糕冷藏起来？ 🔊🔊 The organ samples were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen. 立即将器官样品冷冻在液氮中。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [intransitive]
to be able to be kept at a very low temperature 能冷冻贮藏 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- [intransitive]
to stop moving suddenly because of fear, etc. （因害怕等）停住不动；惊呆；吓呆 I froze with terror as the door slowly opened. 门慢慢开启时我吓呆了。 🔊🔊 - (figurative)
The smile froze on her lips. 她脸上的笑容僵住了。 🔊🔊 The police officer shouted ‘Freeze!’ and the man dropped the gun. 警察大喊 “不许动！” 那个男人便放下了枪。 🔊🔊
Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze. 突然，龙尼似乎僵住了。 He was so surprised he froze to the spot. 他惊讶得呆若木鸡。 Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask. 玛吉一下变得面若冰霜。 She froze with horror when she saw the body. 她看到尸体时吓呆了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- for a moment
- for a second
- …
- seem to
- in
- with
- into
- …
- freeze to the spot
- freeze on the spot
- [intransitive]
when a computer screen freezes, you cannot move any of the images, etc. on it, because there is a problem with the system （屏幕）冻结 - [transitive] freeze something
to stop a film or video in order to look at a particular picture 使定格 - [transitive] freeze something
to hold wages, prices, etc. at a fixed level for a period of time 使固定不动 Salaries have been frozen for the current year. 今年的工资已冻结。 🔊🔊 Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now. 物价冻结在这一水平已有一年多了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- at
- [transitive] freeze something
to prevent money, a bank account, etc. from being used by getting a court order which bans it 冻结（资金、银行账户等）
become ice结冰
of pipe/lock/machine管子；锁；机器
of weather天气
be very cold很冷
food食物
stop moving停住
computer计算机
film/movie电影
wages/prices工资；物价
money/bank account现金账；银行账户
Word OriginOld English frēosan (in the phrase hit frēoseth ‘it is freezing’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriezen and German frieren, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pruina ‘hoar frost’ and frost.
Idioms
freeze your blood | make your blood freeze
to make you extremely frightened or shocked 使人恐惧万分；令人毛骨悚然
freeze/stop/halt in your tracks
to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you （使由于恐惧或吃惊）突然止步；（使）怔住 Jess froze in her tracks and took a deep breath. 杰斯冻僵了，深吸了一口气。
stop/halt somebody in their tracks | stop/halt/freeze in your tracks
to suddenly make somebody stop by frightening or surprising them; to suddenly stop because something has frightened or surprised you （使由于恐惧或吃惊）突然止步；（使）怔住 The question stopped Alice in her tracks. 这个问题问得艾丽斯张口结舌无以答对。 🔊🔊 Suddenly he stopped dead in his tracks: what was he doing? 突然他死定了路：他在做什么？ - (figurative)
The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes. 免疫方案阻止了这种疾病的曼延。