| 释义 |
fro·zen
\ˈfrōzən\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English frosen, alteration (influenced by fresen to freeze) of froren, from past participle of fresen to freeze — more at freeze
1.
a. : congealed by cold : affected or crusted over by freezing
< a frozen brook >
b. : subject to frost or to long and severe cold : chilly
< the frozen north >
c.
(1) : clogged with ice
< frozen water pipes >
(2) : injured or killed by cold
< frozen plants >
d. : chilled, refrigerated — used of foods prepared for the table
< frozen custard >
< frozen fruit salad >
2.
a.
(1) : not susceptible or responsive to feeling : drained or incapable of emotion : benumbed
< frozen and bitter and visibly tortured by loneliness — Marcia Davenport >
(2) : expressing coldness or unfriendliness : not heartfelt or sincere : impassive, frigid, mechanical, stiff
< friends give you that frozen look — Clyde Martin >
b. : incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : not subject to change or movement : not flexible, dynamic, or plastic : immobile, rigid, petrified, fixed
< in the United States today institutions are not frozen — Zechariah Chafee >
< a frozen social system >
< stood frozen with terror >
< thinks there should be no frozen agenda for any meeting — Kiplinger Washington Letter >
specifically : debarred from change in status or from movement by law or other official action
< workers are frozen in their jobs for the duration of the war >
< prices and wages are frozen for the emergency >
c. : not available for present use : not liquid
< frozen inventories >
< frozen capital >
d. of a billiard ball : resting against another ball or a cushion
e. : not subject to being taken unless a player holds a pair to match the top card in rank — used of the discard pile in canasta and related games
• fro·zen·ly \-ənlē, -li\ adverb
• fro·zen·ness \-ən(n)ə̇s\ noun -es |