freeze

Word family  noun freeze freezer freezing antifreeze adjective freezing frozen verb freeze adverb freezing

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++freeze1 /friːz/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tense froze /frəʊz $ froʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzən $ ˈfroʊ-/)  1  liquid 液体 [intransitive, transitive]COLD if a liquid or something wet freezes or is frozen, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold （使）结冰，（使）冻结 → melt, thaw The lake had frozen overnight. 湖上一夜之间就结了冰。2  food 食品 [intransitive, transitive]COLD to preserve food for a long time by keeping it at a very low temperature, or to be preserved in this way 冷藏；冷冻 I think I’ll freeze that extra meat. 我想把多余的肉冷冻起来。 Tomatoes don’t freeze well. 番茄不宜冷冻。3  machine/engine 机器/发动机 [intransitive]HARD if a machine, engine, pipe etc freezes, the liquid inside it becomes solid with cold, so that it does not work properly 冻住 The water pipes have frozen. 水管已经冻住了。4  WEATHER 天气it freezes if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below freezing point 冰冻；严寒 Do you think it’ll freeze tonight? 你觉得今晚会上冻吗？5  feel cold 感到寒冷 [intransitive]COLD to feel very cold 感到很冷，冻僵 I nearly froze to death watching that football match. 看那场足球赛差点把我冻死了。6  wages/prices 工资/价格 [transitive]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING if a government or company freezes wages, prices etc, they do not increase them for a period of time 冻结〔工资、物价等〕 The government has been forced to cut spending and freeze public-sector wages. 政府只得削减开支，冻结公营部门的工资。7  money/property 钱/财产 [transitive]PREVENT to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold etc 冻结〔存款、财产等〕 The court froze their assets. 法院冻结了他们的资产。8  stop moving 停止移动 [intransitive]STOP MOVING to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet 突然停止；呆住 I froze and listened; someone was in my apartment. 我突然停下来仔细听: 有人在我的公寓里。freeze with She froze with horror. 她吓呆了。9  film 电影 [transitive] to stop a DVD or video in order to be able to look at a particular part of it 使定格 → freeze-frame He froze the picture on the screen. 他把屏幕上的画面定格。10  somebody’s blood freezes used to say that someone is very frightened or shocked 某人血液凝固〔指十分惊恐〕 I heard his scream and felt my blood freeze. 听到他的尖叫声，我觉得自己血液都凝固了。11 freeze somebody ↔ out phrasal verb PREVENTto deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc 排挤 Why did you freeze me out? 你们为什么排挤我？12 freeze over phrasal verb HARDif an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice 〔表面〕结冰，封冻 The lake has frozen over. 湖面全结冰了。13 freeze up phrasal verb a) if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly 〔机器、引擎或管子〕冻住 SYN freezeb) to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally 〔突然〕呆住 I wouldn’t know what to say. I’d just freeze up. 我不知道说什么好，整个人呆住了。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

freeze• An increase in state pensions, due in November, was frozen.• As soon as the music stops everyone freezes.• Run a thin stream of water to help keep the pipes from freezing.• The company has announced that it intends to freeze all salaries for a year.• You can freeze any leftover chili for another meal.• All government employees have had their salaries frozen at last year's levels.• And at this point, all of us froze, because we all knew the awful reality we were in.• The cold weather froze firefighters' hoses.• You'll freeze if you don't put a coat on.• The water in the lake used to freeze most winters, and then it was good for skating.• As the ground freezes over the winter, many species of plants on the Great Plains come loose and become tumbleweeds.• Hey! The milk's frozen solid!• You can make a big batch and freeze some of it for later.• Dole urged fellow Republicans to back his plan to freeze state spending and cut taxes.• The court issued an order freezing the company's assets temporarily.• The city may have to freeze the hiring of new police officers.• Don't freeze the rolls for longer than three weeks.froze to death• And no, the baby never froze to death.• He was locked in a chilly room as punishment for some misdemeanour and there he froze to death.• The first was June Kashpaw, who after their marriage walked into a blizzard and froze to death.• We decided to abandon fishing and head for home before I froze to death.• Whilst on their way a blizzard struck and some were trapped and froze to death.• We almost froze to death at the football game.• They probably froze to death by the millions.• One of them froze to death in 1943.• Valerian froze to death one night in winter.froze with horror• Running through the orange grove, which already had little green oranges on, past the chickens, she froze with horror.• The man sitting next to her grandmother wore the distinctive sharp-peaked cap of the Gestapo and Peach froze with horror.

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freeze2 ●○○ noun  1  [countable]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING a time when people are not allowed to increase prices or pay 〔价格、工资等的〕冻结a price/pay/wage freeze 价格/工资冻结freeze on a freeze on pay rises 冻结加薪2  [countable]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING the stopping of some activity or process 〔活动或过程的〕停止freeze on The government have imposed a freeze on civil service appointments. 政府对公务员实行了人事冻结。3. DNCOLD[singular] British English a period of extremely cold weather 冰冻期，严寒期4. [countable usually singular] American EnglishPERIOD OF TIME a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is extremely low 〔尤指夜间的〕霜冻 → deep freeze

Examples from the Corpus

freeze• The prime minister has announced a freeze on income tax for two years.• Banana plants will die back in a freeze but usually return in the spring from the rootstocks.• Other stringent measures included a freeze on tax allowances this year.• Unless a freak freeze is experienced, an unusually warm late winter-early springtime will have Augusta National in lush heavily-grassed condition.• Wait to prune in March, when the Gulf Coast area is usually out of danger of a hard freeze.• While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.a price/pay/wage freeze• The 340 hourly-paid workers would not accept a wages freeze and cuts in their benefits and were sacked.• While the Cabinet has yet to make final decisions, ministers seemed set to approve a pay freeze.• Three-quarters of the workforce was sacked after failing to accept a management plan which involved a wages freeze and benefit cuts.• Around one in eight of the survey sample reported a pay freeze for the workers concerned.From Longman Business Dictionaryfreezefreeze1 /friːz/ verb (past tense froze /frəʊzfroʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzənˈfroʊ-/)1[transitive]COMMERCE if a government or company freezes prices, wages etc, they keep them at a particular levelThe company cut executive salaries by 10%, all remaining salaries were frozen.The president froze fuel prices and set a ceiling on prices for basic foodstuffs.2LAWBANKINGto legally prevent money in a bank from being taken out, property from being sold etc, for example because there is a disagreement concerning itA federal judge froze more than $20 million in FundAmerica bank accounts last Friday after several California investors sued Mr Edwards.3[transitive]COMMERCE to stop an activity or a proposed activity for a period of timeThe airline froze hiring and instructed employees to reduce spending.Mr Smith has frozen plans to develop the record company.4[intransitive]computing if a computer or a computer screen freezes, the image on the screen will not change because of a problem with the computerMy computer froze and I had to reboot it. → see also frozen→ See Verb tablefreezefreeze2 noun1[countable]ECONOMICS when prices, wages etc are fixed at a particular levelThey said the cable television industry was abusing its market position, and called for a mandatory price freeze in cable rates.The prime minister called for a pay freeze to help keep inflation down. → credit freeze2[countable] when an activity is stopped for a period of timefreeze onIf the government imposes a freeze on the roads programme, up to 20,000 jobs could be lost.In an effort to reduce overheads, they laid off a quarter of the staff and initiated a hiring freeze (=when a company does not take new employees).Origin freeze1 Old English freosan

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freeze¹ S3 W3 /friːz/ verb (past tense froze /frəʊz $ froʊz/, past participle frozen /ˈfrəʊzən $ ˈfroʊ-/)1.  LIQUID  [intransitive and transitive] if a liquid or something wet freezes or is frozen, it becomes hard and solid because the temperature is very cold ⇨ melt, thaw:
    The lake had frozen overnight.
2.  FOOD  [intransitive and transitive] to preserve food for a long time by keeping it at a very low temperature, or to be preserved in this way:
    I think I’ll freeze that extra meat.
    Tomatoes don’t freeze well.
3.  MACHINE/ENGINE  [intransitive] if a machine, engine, pipe etc freezes, the liquid inside it becomes solid with cold, so that it does not work properly:
    The water pipes have frozen.
4.  WEATHER it freezes if it freezes outside, the temperature falls to or below freezing point:
    Do you think it’ll freeze tonight?
5.  FEEL COLD  [intransitive] to feel very cold:
    I nearly froze to death watching that football match.
6.  WAGES/PRICES  [transitive] if a government or company freezes wages, prices etc, they do not increase them for a period of time:
    The government has been forced to cut spending and freeze public-sector wages.
7.  MONEY/PROPERTY  [transitive] to legally prevent money in a bank from being spent, property from being sold etc:
    The court froze their assets.
8.  STOP MOVING  [intransitive] to stop moving suddenly and stay completely still and quiet:
    I froze and listened; someone was in my apartment.
    freeze with
    She froze with horror.
9.  FILM  [transitive] to stop a film or video in order to be able to look at a particular part of it ⇨ freeze-frame:
    He froze the picture on the screen.
10. sb’s blood freezes used to say that someone is very frightened or shocked:
    I heard his scream and felt my blood freeze.
     
freeze somebody ↔ out phrasal verb
  to deliberately prevent someone from being involved in something, by making it difficult for them, being unkind to them etc:
    Why did you freeze me out?
freeze over phrasal verb
  if an area or pool of water freezes over, its surface turns into ice:
    The lake has frozen over.
freeze up phrasal verb
  1. if a machine, engine, or pipe freezes up, the liquid inside becomes solid with cold so that it does not work properly
   SYN  freeze
  2. to suddenly be unable to speak or act normally:
    I wouldn’t know what to say. I’d just freeze up.

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freeze² noun1. [countable] a time when people are not allowed to increase prices or pay
    a price/pay/wage freeze
    freeze on
    a freeze on pay rises
2. [countable] the stopping of some activity or process
    freeze on
    The government have imposed a freeze on civil service appointments.
3. [singular] British English a period of extremely cold weather
4. [countable usually singular] American English a short period of time, especially at night, when the temperature is extremely low
⇨ deep freeze