柯林斯詞典freeze /fri?z/ (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. 結(jié)冰 If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes. 如果溫度降到攝氏零度以下,水就會結(jié)冰。 The ground froze solid. 地面凍硬了。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 You can freeze the soup at this stage. 你此時可以把湯冷藏。3. V-I When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point. 結(jié)冰 What if it rained and then froze all through those months? 如果那幾個月一直下雨然后又結(jié)冰該怎么辦?4. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 冰凍 The trees were damaged by a freeze in December. 那些樹被12月的一次冰凍凍壞了。5. V-I If you freeze, you feel extremely cold. 感到極冷 The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer. 那些窗子的底部關(guān)不嚴,所以有段時間我們甚至在仲夏時節(jié)也感到極冷。6. V-I If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet. 呆住不動[書面] She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her. 當手電筒的光柱照到她時,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. 凍結(jié) (物價或工資)[商業(yè)] They want the government to freeze prices. 他們要政府凍結(jié)物價。8. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 凍結(jié) A wage freeze was imposed on all staff earlier this month. 本月早些時候,所有員工的工資都被凍結(jié)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. 凍結(jié) (銀行賬戶、基金或財產(chǎn))[商業(yè)] The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts. 州長采取行動凍結(jié)了30萬個賬戶。10. N-COUNT Freeze is also a noun. 凍結(jié)[with supp] ...a freeze on private savings. …對私人儲蓄的凍結(jié)。11. →see also freezing , frozen 返回 freezes