单词 | seize up |
释义 | seize up 1. phrasal verb If a part of your body seizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old. After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs. [VERB PARTICLE] We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for seize If something such as an engine seizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up. [VERB PARTICLE] |
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