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单词 freeze-up
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freeze-upn.

Brit. /ˈfriːzʌp/, U.S. /ˈfrizˌəp/
Etymology: < the verbal phrase to freeze up: see freeze v. 5b.
The condition of being stopped by frost or ice; a period in which land or water is frozen, esp. so as to prevent travel; an area so affected: a frozen condition (as of a water tank, engine-cylinder jacket, etc.). Also transferred and figurative.
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society > travel > [noun] > the condition of being stopped by frost or ice
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > freezing or frosty weather
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > frozen condition > freezing or becoming frozen
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1876 Oregon Weekly Tribune (The Dalles) 29 Jan. 3/2 We hope to see the day when..all the inhabitants east of the Cascades will not be detrimentally affected by any freeze-up which may occur.
1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 19 Dec. Most of the saw mills..get as much of their stock into lumber before the freeze-up.
1882 Golden (N.M.) Retort 28 July 3/2 He says a freeze-up occurred from insufficient fluxing, but thinks the smelter will start up again soon.
1904 J. Lynch Three Years Klondike 129 A couple of steam-engines had been..brought to Dawson last October just before the freeze-up.
1912 Motor Man. (ed. 14) 177 If the motor-house is continually heated..there will be no risk of a freeze-up.
1915 J. London Lost Face 116 The freeze-up came on when we were at the mouth of Henderson Creek.
1942 W. Lewis Let. 30 Apr. (1963) 320 Meanwhile we are heading for an economic freeze-up.
1948 A. L. Rand Mammals E. Rockies 2/3 Spreading out over the..forested plains after the freeze-up.
1963 Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 18/2 (headline) Freeze-up’ in talks with Treasury.
1964 Ann. Reg. 1963 p. xvii One of the longest and most severe winters on record.., with a freeze-up that lasted in Britain well into March.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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