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fridge

noun
 
🔊/frɪdʒ/
🔊/frɪdʒ/
(especially British English)
(North American English or formal refrigerator)
(also US English, old-fashioned icebox)
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  1. a piece of electrical equipment in which food is kept cold so that it stays fresh冰箱
    • The kids tend to raid the fridge when they get home from school.孩子们放学回家往往就会扫盪冰箱。
    • in the fridge There's no food in the fridge!冰箱里没有食物！
    Extra Examples
    • Place the dough in the fridge overnight.把生面团在冰箱里放一夜。
    • The fridge was stocked with food and drink.冰箱里装满了食物和饮料。
    • This dessert can be served straight from the fridge.这种甜食从冰箱里拿出来就可以吃。🔊🔊
    Topics Houses and homesa2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • domestic
    • walk-in
    • empty
    • …
    verb + fridge
    • raid
    • fill
    • stock
    • …
    fridge + noun
    • door
    • magnet
    preposition
    • in the fridge
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    Word Origin1920s: abbreviation, probably influenced by the proprietary name Frigidaire.