- 结冰;凝固;冻结:
When the thermometer is below zero water will freeze.
当温度计降至零下时,水就会结冰。
The pond has frozen up.
池塘冻结了。
- 变得极冷,遭受严寒,感到极冷:
It was freezing last night.
昨晚天气变得极冷。
He froze while waiting for the bus during the snowstorm.
他在暴风雪里等车时冻得要死。
- 冻牢,凝住,(因冷而)固着;(管道等)因结冰而阻塞;【机械工程】(因缺少润滑油或部件的膨胀)卡滞:
wheels frozen to the ground
被冻牢在地上的车轮
The engine has frozen up.
发动机因冷冻而发动不起来。
- 冻僵,冻死,冻坏,冻伤:
Several of the men frozen to death.
有几个人冻死了。
The orange crop froze this winter.
今冬柑橘冻坏了。
- 变得刻板;变得冷淡:
The smile froze on her face.
笑容不自然地僵在她脸上。
- 站住不动,突然停止:
The guarder shouted: “Freeze”.
警卫喊道:“不许动”。
Fear made him freeze in his tracks.
恐惧使他突然停止前进。
- (因恐怖、震惊等而)愣住,呆住,僵住(不动):
to freeze with terror
因恐怖而愣住
- (因恐怖、震惊等而)寒颤起来
- (食物等)能冷冻