freeze

英 [friːz] 美 [friːz]

• v. 冻结；冷冻；僵硬；凝固
• n. 严寒；冻结

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. (使)结冰

   (of water) (cause to) become ice

n. (名词)

1. [S]严寒时期

   a period of extremely cold icy weather

2. [U][C]结冰,凝固; 冻结

   ice over; a fixing of prices or wages at a certain level

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 结冰，冻结，凝固
2. 冷藏，冷冻
3. 使冷冻，使结冰，使凝冻，使冻住，使凝固
4. 冻僵，冻伤，冻死
5. 冰冷，感到极冷
6. 使冻僵，使冻伤，使冻死
7. 使沮丧
8. 使呆住
9. 可以冷藏
10. 呆住
11. 战栗
12. 变僵硬
13. 变得不友善，高傲
14. 用冷冻保藏
15. 使战栗
16. 使定格，使固定不动
17. 不动
18. 使变冷，使冰冷，使感到冷
19. 冻结或封存(资金、资产、财产等)

n. 名词

1. 冻结
2. 严寒期，冰冻期，严寒
3. 结冰，凝冻，凝固
4. 控制球
5. 冻害
6. 冷藏箱
7. 停止
8. 霜冻，冰冻
9. 不理睬某人的行为

英英释义

Noun:

1. the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid

2. weather cold enough to cause freezing

3. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement;

   "a halt in the arms race"
   "a nuclear freeze"
   

4. fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level;

   "a freeze on hiring"
   

Verb:

1. stop moving or become immobilized;

   "When he saw the police car he froze"
   

2. change to ice;

   "The water in the bowl froze"
   

3. be cold;

   "I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
   

4. cause to freeze;

   "Freeze the leftover food"
   

5. stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;

   "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
   

6. be very cold, below the freezing point;

   "It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
   

7. change from a liquid to a solid when cold;

   "Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
   

8. prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

   "Blocked funds"
   "Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
   

9. anesthetize by cold

10. suddenly behave coldly and formally;

    "She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
    

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Water freezes at the temperature of 0 degrees Celsius.
   水在摄氏零度结冰。
2. 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。
3. They freeze this theory to death.
   他们把这个理论僵化了。
4. The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze.
   想象的特点是流动,而不是凝固。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He slipped and broke his leg during the big freeze.
   他在严寒期间滑倒,摔断了腿。
2. The freeze caused many problems in the small town.
   严寒冰冻给这座小镇带来许多麻烦。
3. The government has introduced a wage freeze.
   政府已宣布要冻结工资。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Once their waterpipes froze and burst.
   有一次他们的水管给冻破了。
2. Water freezes when the temperature falls below 0℃.
   当温度降至摄氏零度时水会结冰。
3. The wet clothes has frozen on the clothesline.
   潮衣服在晒衣绳上结冻了。
4. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.
   盐水冰点温度比淡水冰点温度低。
5. It's freezing tonight.
   今夜有冰冻。
6. The child froze at the sight of the snake.
   那孩子看见那条蛇吓呆了。
7. It must be the wind that makes it so cold.I'm freezing.
   一定是这场风把天气变得这么冷,我冻得要命。
8. As he looked at the million-pound note, his smile froze on his face.
   他看到那张百万英镑支票时,笑容在他脸上不自然地僵住了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The cold weather froze the lake.
   严寒的天气使得湖面结了冰。
2. The north wind has frozen the water in the pool of the garden.
   北风使花园里的池水结冰了。
3. The government decided to freeze prices for six months.
   政府决定冻结物价六个月。
4. The President froze their credits.
   总统冻结了他们的资金。
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5. Meat from New Zealand is frozen and brought to England in special ships.
   新西兰的肉被冷冻起来并用专用船只运到英国。
6. His salary was frozen at $150 per week.
   他的工资被固定在每周150美元。
7. He looks half frozen, he needs a hot drink.
   他看起来快给冻坏了,他需要一杯热饮料。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ n./pron. + adj.

1. A freezer freezes water solid.
   冰箱能使水结成固体。
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2. The milk was frozen solid.
   牛奶已冻得凝固了。
3. The road is frozen hard.
   路冻得很硬。

用作名词 (n.)

1. He slipped and broke his leg during the big freeze.
   他在去年冬天严寒期内滑倒,摔断了腿。
2. The weatherman predicted a freeze for tonight.
   天气预报员预报今晚有冰冻。
3. The bank instituted a wage freeze.
   银行实行了工资冻结。

经典引文

• During a freeze there is no comfort in a southern house.

  出自： K. Field

• She gave me the big freeze when I said hello.

  出自： fig.

• It snowed all night, and froze very hard.

  出自： F. Smith

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

freeze in (v.+adv.)

冻住 hold (sth) firmly in ice
freeze sth ⇔ in
The ship was frozen in for the winter.

冬天,船被冰层冻住了。

freeze off (v.+adv.)

拒绝…,拒绝接受 refuse to accept
freeze sb/sth ⇔ off
The girls froze him off when he wanted to join the party.

当他想参加舞会时,姑娘们拒绝了他。
We froze off their offer of help.

我们拒绝接受他们提出的帮助。

freeze onto (v.+prep.)

依附于 attach oneself to (sb or an idea)

freeze out (v.+adv.)

(用竞争等)排斥 prevent sb/sth from being included
freeze sb/sth ⇔ out
In capitalist society, big enterprises always try to freeze out the smaller ones.

在资本主义社会,大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。
Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out.

不受欢迎的人很容易被排挤掉。
They were frozen out of the club.

他们被挤出了俱乐部。

freeze over (v.+adv.)

封冻 freeze completely
freeze over
The lake has frozen over.

湖面已封冻了。
When the river freezes over, we can walk across on the ice.

河流封冻时,我们可以踏着冰穿过河面。 freeze sth ⇔ over
This cold wave is severe enough to freeze over all the rivers and ponds.

这次寒潮很厉害,河流和池塘都得结冰。
The river was frozen over last night.

昨晚河水全给冻上了。

freeze to (v.+prep.)

冻得… be in ice to
freeze to sth
Two of them froze to death.

他们当中有两人被冻死了。 freeze sb to sth
He was frozen to death on a snowing night.

在一个刮风雪的晚上,他被冻死了。

freeze together (v.+adv.)

冻结在一起 be in ice together
freeze sth ⇔ together
The two pots are frozen together.

这两个罐子冻在一起了。

freeze up (v.+adv.)

(态度)变得非常冷淡 not to care about sth
freeze up
The stream has frozen up, you can see the fish trapped in the ice.

小溪已经封冻,你可以看到封冻在冰里的鱼。
The engine has frozen up.

引擎已冻得发动不起来了。 freeze sth ⇔ up
The windows are frozen up and I can't open them.

窗户冻住了,打不开。 freeze up
She froze up and refused to say a word.

她变得非常冷淡,一言不发。

freeze with (v.+prep.)

因…而冻僵或战栗 cause to become still with cold or be dull
freeze with sth
Ellen froze with terror at the frightful sight.

埃伦被这种恐怖场面吓得发抖。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• freeze prices 使物价冻结
• freeze sb's blood 使某人极度恐惧,吓得某人魂不附体
• freeze the milk 使牛奶冻结
• freeze wages 冻结工资

～+副词

• freeze hard 冻得很硬
• freeze nightly 在夜间冻结
• freeze dangerously 危险地冻上了
• freeze seasonally 及时地冻上了
• freeze in 由于冰冻而封冻在…里面
• freeze off 排斥,赶走
• freeze out 排斥,赶走,冻死,〈美〉因寒冷而受阻或停止
• freeze over 使冷,使冻结,使结冰,(表面上)全结冰
• freeze together 冻结在一起
• freeze up 使冻结,变呆板〔僵硬〕,(态度)变得非常冷淡,愣住

～+介词

• freeze at 在…时结冰
• freeze beyond recovery 冻得无法恢复
• freeze into ice 冻成冰
• freeze onto 冻在(某物)上,〈口〉紧紧抓住
• freeze onto the wheel 紧紧抓住方向盘
• freeze to 冻牢在…上面,牢牢地附在…上
• freeze to death 冻死
• freeze to the metal 与金属冻在一起
• freeze with cold 冷得结冰
• freeze with fright 吓呆
• freeze with terror 吓得脸都变形了

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• demand a freeze on prices 要求冻结物价
• put a freeze on new construction 对新的建设项目实行冻结

名词+～

• nuclear freeze 核冻结
• pay freeze 工资冻结
• price freeze 物价冻结
• wages freeze 工资冻结

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. freeze的基本意思是“结冰,冻结”“(使)冻僵,寒冷”,引申可表示对财政、金融或工资进行冻结,有时也可表示人像被冻结似的呆滞。
2. freeze主要用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,也可接以形容词充当补足语的复合宾语,常用于被动结构。
3. freeze后接with或in,表示“因…而冻僵或战栗”; 后接out,表示“挤掉,撵走”; 后接over表示“(湖水等)为冰所封”。

n. (名词)

1. freeze作“严寒时期”解时,只用作单数名词,可跟不定冠词a连用。
2. freeze作“冻结”解时,指的是对工资、物价的冻结,可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。

常见错误

v. (动词)

1. 今天非常冷,你最好穿上大衣。

   误 Today it is frozen cold, and you had better put on your coat.

   正 Today it is freezing cold, and you had better put on your coat.

   析 frozen是freeze的过去分词,常表被动意义,作“被…冻”“让…受冻”解; 而freezing是freeze的现在分词,常用于主动语态,强调“冷”的程度。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的fresen；最初源自古英语的freosan，意为冻结，结冰。

近反义词

【近义词】

• harden
• solidify

【反义词】

• unfreeze 溶化
• boil 沸腾
• melt 融化