单词 | deep-freeze |
释义 | deep-freezev. Originally U.S. transitive. To subject to a deep-freeze process; to refrigerate; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > make cold [verb (transitive)] > expose to extreme cold for freezing or preserving > refrigerate to a low temperature snap-freeze1841 freeze-dry1949 deep-freeze1957 blast-freeze1965 flash-freeze1973 1957 ‘B. Buckingham’ Boiled Alive xxxiii. 249 If the cook deep-froze the body, he knew about the murder. 1959 Observer 15 Mar. 16/3 Why should Gilbert and Sullivan be specially exempt?.. Perpetuity would deep-freeze them as well. Derivatives deep-freezer n. a deep-freeze. ΚΠ 1949 Time 18 July 34/1 Helen Hayes stuck a hand into her deep freezer. 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 63/1 Deep freezer. 1970 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 17 Leading manufacturers of refrigerators and deep-freezers..are producing space-saving models which are ideal for our small British kitchens. deep-freezing n. ΚΠ 1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 438/1 Most fruits are suitable for deep freezing. 1959 Woman 2 May 33/1 With deep freezing and modern refrigerated transport, fish doesn't depend on the season nearly as much as it used to. deep-frozen adj. ΚΠ 1953 A. Huxley Let. 8 Dec. (1969) 689 The product is deep-frozen the moment it leaves the pod. 1956 Sci. News Let. 3 Nov. 279/2 Deep-frozen shrimps from India may soon be making an appearance on dining tables in the United States. 1959 Listener 5 Feb. 263/2 We all know the deep-frozen expert from the one who is humanly concerned to put something across. 1971 Daily Tel. 25 Jan. 10 No doubt these arguments are today accepted by all but a few deep-frozen ideologues on Labour's Left wing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1949 |
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