(of water) (cause to) become ice
a period of extremely cold icy weather
ice over; a fixing of prices or wages at a certain level
"a halt in the arms race"
"a nuclear freeze"
"a freeze on hiring"
"When he saw the police car he froze"
"The water in the bowl froze"
"I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on"
"Freeze the leftover food"
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"
"It is freezing in Kalamazoo"
"Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit"
"Blocked funds"
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government"
"She froze when she saw her ex-husband"
During a freeze there is no comfort in a southern house.
出自: K. Field
She gave me the big freeze when I said hello.
出自: fig.
It snowed all night, and froze very hard.
出自: F. Smith
冬天,船被冰层冻住了。
当他想参加舞会时,姑娘们拒绝了他。
We froze off their offer of help.
我们拒绝接受他们提出的帮助。
在资本主义社会,大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。
Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out.
不受欢迎的人很容易被排挤掉。
They were frozen out of the club.
他们被挤出了俱乐部。
湖面已封冻了。
When the river freezes over, we can walk across on the ice.
河流封冻时,我们可以踏着冰穿过河面。 freeze sth ⇔ over
This cold wave is severe enough to freeze over all the rivers and ponds.
这次寒潮很厉害,河流和池塘都得结冰。
The river was frozen over last night.
昨晚河水全给冻上了。
他们当中有两人被冻死了。 freeze sb to sth
He was frozen to death on a snowing night.
在一个刮风雪的晚上,他被冻死了。
这两个罐子冻在一起了。
小溪已经封冻,你可以看到封冻在冰里的鱼。
The engine has frozen up.
引擎已冻得发动不起来了。 freeze sth ⇔ up
The windows are frozen up and I can't open them.
窗户冻住了,打不开。 freeze up
She froze up and refused to say a word.
她变得非常冷淡,一言不发。
埃伦被这种恐怖场面吓得发抖。
误 Today it is frozen cold, and you had better put on your coat.
正 Today it is freezing cold, and you had better put on your coat.
析 frozen是freeze的过去分词,常表被动意义,作“被…冻”“让…受冻”解; 而freezing是freeze的现在分词,常用于主动语态,强调“冷”的程度。