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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- freeze [friːz]
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- freeze [frɪz] [frɪːz]
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1.
vi.
结冰；凝固；冻结
- After the lake froze, we could skate on it.
- 湖面结冰后，我们就能在上面滑冰了。
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2.
vi.
冰封，冰冻住
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3.
vi.
冻冷，严寒，感到极冷
- 4. vi. 冻牢，凝住，（因冷而）固着
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5.
vi.
冻僵，冻死，冻坏，冻伤
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6.
vi.
[American English]
站住不动，变得不动（或固定）
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7.
vi.
（因恐怖等而）愣住，呆住，僵住（不动）
- to freeze with terror
- 惊呆
- Deer are notorious for freezing in the headlights of oncoming vehicles.
- 鹿在面对着迎面驶来的汽车时，会不知所措地僵立在车灯前，这是出了名的。
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8.
vi.
变得拘谨（或不友好，冷淡）
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9.
vi.
[mechanics]
凝固
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10.
vt.
使结冰；使凝固；使冻结
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11.
vt.
使冰封，使冻住
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12.
vt.
使变冷，使冰冷，使感到冷
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13.
vt.
（如因局部麻醉）使失去感觉，冷冻麻醉
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14.
vt.
冷藏（食物）
- I will freeze the fish and save it for later.
- 我要把这条鱼冻上，留着过后吃。
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15.
vt.
使冻结，使凝住，（以冰冻）使固着
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16.
vt.
使冻死，冻僵，冻伤，冻坏
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17.
vt.
使站住不动
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18.
vt.
[American English]
使发呆，使发愣，使僵硬；使沮丧
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19.
vt.
使变得拘谨（或不友好，冷漠）
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20.
vt.
[American English]
冻结（物价、雇用、雇员、工资等）
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21.
vt.
[American English]
冻结或封存（资金、资产、财产等）
- The bank froze his bank account.
- 银行冻结了他的帐户。
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22.
noun
结冰，凝固；（物价、工资等的）冻结
- The company instituted a pay-raise freeze until it could bolster its financial situation.
- 这家公司暂停上调工资直至其财政状况好转为止。
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23.
noun
严寒期；冰冻，严寒
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24.
vt.
[American English]
（如在战时）停止（紧急物资）的消费生产或使用
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25.
noun
[slang]
不理睬某人的行为；冷淡某人
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26.
vt.
[slang]
不理睬某人；冷淡地对待某人
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27.
vi.
[slang]
站住不要动（也是警察所给出的一个命令，表示有枪指着嫌疑犯）
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1.
vi.
结冰；凝固；冻结
Collins English-English Dictionary
- freeze [friːz]
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1.
vb
to change (a liquid) into a solid as a result of a reduction in temperature, or (of a liquid) to solidify in this way, esp to convert or be converted into ice
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2.
vb
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when intr,sometimes foll by overor up] to cover, clog, or harden with ice, or become so covered, clogged, or hardened- the lake froze over last week
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3.
vb
to fix fast or become fixed (to something) because of the action of frost
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4.
vt.
[tr]
to preserve (food) by subjection to extreme cold, as in a freezer
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5.
vt.
to feel or cause to feel the sensation or effects of extreme cold
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6.
vt.
to die or cause to die of frost or extreme cold
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7.
vt.
to become or cause to become paralysed, fixed, or motionless, esp through fear, shock, etc
- he froze in his tracks
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to cause (moving film) to stop at a particular frame
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9.
vt.
to decrease or cause to decrease in animation or vigour
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10.
vt.
to make or become formal, haughty, etc, in manner
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11.
vt.
[tr]
to fix (prices, incomes, etc) at a particular level, usually by government direction
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12.
vt.
[tr]
to forbid by law the exchange, liquidation, or collection of (loans, assets, etc)
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13.
vt.
[tr]
to prohibit the manufacture, sale, or use of (something specified)
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14.
vt.
[tr]
to stop (a process) at a particular stage of development
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15.
vt.
[tr]
[informal]
to render (tissue or a part of the body) insensitive, as by the application or injection of a local anaesthetic
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16.
vi.
[intr;
foll by onto] [informal] [chiefly US] to cling -
17.
n
the act of freezing or state of being frozen
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18.
n
[meteorol]
a spell of temperatures below freezing point, usually over a wide area
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19.
n
the fixing of incomes, prices, etc, by legislation
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20.
n
another word for frost
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21.
sentence substitute
[chiefly US]
a command to stop still instantly or risk being shot
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22.
sentence substitute
[Etymology]
Old English fr
e osan; related to Old Norse frjo sa, Old High German friosan, Latin pru ri re to itch; seefrost
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1.
vb
to change (a liquid) into a solid as a result of a reduction in temperature, or (of a liquid) to solidify in this way, esp to convert or be converted into ice
Examples
- to freeze with terror
- 惊呆 → freeze
- to freeze hard
- 冻硬 → hard
- Water passes from liquid to solid if you freeze it.
- 如果进行冷冻的话，水会由液态变为固态。 → pass
- I will freeze the fish and save it for later.
- 我要把这条鱼冻上，留着过后吃。 → freeze
- The company instituted a pay-raise freeze until it could bolster its financial situation.
- 这家公司暂停上调工资直至其财政状况好转为止。 → freeze
- Put the ice cream in the deep freeze.
- 把冰淇淋放在冰柜里。
- it may freeze tonight
- 今晚可能会结冰 → freeze
- unfilled choux pastry will freeze → unfilled
- wage freeze → wage
- 工资冻结
- wage freeze → 冻结
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