| 单词 | fridge |
| 释义 | fridge (once / 13602 pages) n Fridge is short for refrigerator, that giant kitchen appliance that keeps food cold. If you’re too hungry to say five syllables, just say you’re going to see what’s in the fridge. Although fridge is a little word, a fridge can be anything from a regular-sized refrigerator to one of those little mini-fridges that live in a dorm room or man cave. Fridge sounds like frigid, which means very cold. The colloquial fridge has been around since the mid-1920s, possibly inspired by the well-known refrigerator brand Frigidaire. WORD FAMILYfridge: fridges USAGE EXAMPLESSmarter Applications is launching a fridge webcam at CES that alerts owners to when food nears its expiry date. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) My room, a suite, is tremendously apportioned, with a living area offering couch, TV, fridge and even iPod- and iPhone-connecting speakers. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) The “Fridge” captivated the football world when the 300-pounder rumbled for a Chicago touchdown against the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football in 1985. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) n a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor Syn|Hypo|Hyper electric refrigerator Deepfreeze, deep freezer, deep-freeze, freezer electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time ice machinean electric refrigerator to supply ice cubes icebox, refrigerator white goods in which food can be stored at low temperatures |
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