freeze /friːz/ CET4 TEM4 ( freezing, froze, frozen, freezes )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures. 结冰

  例：

  If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes.

  如果温度降到摄氏零度以下，水就会结冰。

  例：

  The ground froze solid.

  地面冻硬了。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes. 冷藏

  例：

  You can freeze the soup at this stage.

  你此时可以把汤冷藏。

• 3. 

  V-I When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. 结冰

  例：

  What if it rained and then froze all through those months?

  如果那几个月一直下雨然后又结冰该怎么办？

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冰冻

  例：

  The trees were damaged by a freeze in December.

  那些树被12月的一次冰冻冻坏了。

• 5. 

  V-I If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. 感到极冷

  例：

  The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer.

  那些窗子的底部关不严，所以有段时间我们甚至在仲夏时节也感到极冷。

• 6. 

  V-I If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. 呆住不动 [书面]

  例：

  She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.

  当手电筒的光柱照到她时，她呆住了。

• 7. 

  V-T If the government or a company freeze things such as prices or wages, they state officially that they will not allow them to increase for a fixed period of time. 冻结 (物价或工资) [商业]

  例：

  They want the government to freeze prices.

  他们要政府冻结物价。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冻结

  例：

  A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month.

  本月早些时候，所有员工的工资都被冻结了。

• 9. 

  V-T If someone in authority freezes something such as a bank account, fund, or property, they obtain a legal order which states that it cannot be used or sold for a particular period of time. 冻结 (银行账户、基金或财产) [商业]

  例：

  The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts.

  州长采取行动冻结了30万个账户。

• 10. 

  N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冻结 [with supp]

  例：

  ...a freeze on private savings.

  …对私人储蓄的冻结。

• 11. 

  → see also freezing, frozen