英语词汇“freeze”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

freezefreeze1 /friz/ ●●● S1 W3 verb (past tense froze /froʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfroʊzən/)

ETYMOLOGYfreeze¹

Origin: Old English freosan

VERB TABLE

freeze

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	freeze
	he, she, it	freezes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	froze
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have frozen
	he, she, it	has frozen
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had frozen
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will freeze
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have frozen

Continuous Form
Present	I	am freezing
	he, she, it	is freezing
	you, we, they	are freezing
Past	I, he, she, it	was freezing
	you, we, they	were freezing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been freezing
	he, she, it	has been freezing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been freezing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be freezing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been freezing

COLLOCATIONS► frozen solid

The ground had frozen solid.

► froze to death

We almost froze to death (=felt extremely cold) at the football game.

► freezing ... assets

The court issued an order freezing the company’s assets temporarily.

1BECOME COLD AND SOLID [intransitive, transitive] if a liquid or something that contains liquid freezes, it becomes hard and solid because it is very cold → melt: Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. The ground had frozen solid.2FOOD [intransitive, transitive] to make food extremely cold so that you can preserve it for a long time, or to be able to be preserved in this way: You can freeze any leftover chili for another meal. Tomatoes don’t freeze well.3WEATHER it freezes if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius: Do you think it will freeze tonight?4FEEL COLD [intransitive] spoken if someone freezes, he or she feels very cold: You’ll freeze if you don’t put a coat on. We almost froze to death (=felt extremely cold) at the football game.5MACHINE/PIPE/LOCK [intransitive, transitive] if a machine, pipe, or lock freezes or something freezes it, the liquid and parts inside it become solid with cold so that it does not work properly SYN freeze up: Run a thin stream of water to help keep the pipes from freezing. The cold weather froze firefighters’ hoses.6WAGES/PRICES [transitive] to officially stop something from happening in order to prevent money from being spent, or prevent prices, pay, etc. from being increased: He has introduced a plan to freeze state spending and cut taxes.7MONEY/PROPERTY [transitive] to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold, etc.: The court issued an order freezing the company’s assets temporarily.8STOP MOVING [intransitive] to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet: His hand froze in mid-air. Freeze! Drop your weapons!9BE UNABLE TO SPEAK [intransitive] if you freeze you feel so nervous, especially when you are speaking in public, that you cannot think of what it was that you meant to say SYN freeze up: When she got up to speak, she just froze.10COMPUTER [intransitive] if a computer or a computer screen freezes, the image on the screen will not change because of a problem with the computer: The computer froze briefly then started working again.11MOVIE [transitive] to stop a DVD or video in order to be able to look at a particular image: When you use the pause button, it freezes a scene. → see also freeze-frame12PRESERVE [transitive] if something such as part of an animal, plant, or human body is frozen, it is stored at very low temperatures to preserve it: The embryos are frozen for later use.13freeze to death to become so cold that you die[Origin: Old English freosan]freeze somebody ↔ out phrasal verb to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something by making it difficult, not being nice to him or her, etc.: freeze somebody out of something He claims he was frozen out of the decision-making process.freeze over phrasal verb if an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice: We’ll go skating tomorrow if the lake freezes over.freeze up phrasal verb1if something such as a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly2to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally: I freeze up every time I try to talk to him.