| 单词 | frozen |
| 释义 | frozen (once / 331 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj 4adj Frozen liquids are so cold that they've become ice. Frozen orange juice makes a delicious homemade popsicle. If your car's door handle is frozen, it's impossible to open, and if your driveway's surface is frozen, it's a sheet of ice. If your TV dinner is still frozen after you cook it, your microwave may not be working properly. When people are frozen, they're often exaggerating how cold they are — or they may be struck as still as a statue, frozen in place. Frozen comes from freeze, with its Old English root freosan, "turn to ice." WORD FAMILYfrozen: frozenly, unfrozen+/antifreeze: antifreezes/freeze: antifreeze, freezer, freezes, freezing, froze, frozen, unfreeze/freezer: freezers/freezing: freezings/unfreeze: unfreezes, unfreezing, unfroze USAGE EXAMPLESKlopp, meanwhile, simply looked frozen through as he shivered on the touchline. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) It’s not only wages that are stuck, frozen, immobile. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) In Angola, $64 million frozen by the Swiss authorities was repatriated and earmarked for mine clearance and agricultural development. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold the frozen North frozen pipes children skating on a frozen brook Syn|Ant frostbitten injured by freezing or partial freezing frost-bound(of the ground) made hard by frost glaciatedcovered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action iceboundlocked in by ice ice-cloggedobstructed by ice icycovered with or containing or consisting of ice sleetyconsisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain unthawedstill frozen coldhaving a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration unmeltednot melted unfrozen not frozen ice-freefree of ice and open to travel liquescent, meltingbecoming liquid slushybeing or resembling melting snow thawedno longer frozen liquid, liquified, meltedchanged from a solid to a liquid state 2adj (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value frozen foods Syn flash-frozen, quick-frozen preserved prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use 3adj not thawed 2Syn unmelted not melted 1adj absolutely still frozen with horror Syn rooted, stock-still nonmoving, unmoving not in motion 2adj incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices" 3Syn fixed unchangeable not changeable or subject to change adj devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain 4a frozen look on their faces Syn frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry cold extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion adj not convertible to cash frozen assets Syn nondisposable (of assets) unavailable for use |
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