freeze
冻结,冻住,冷冻,凝固
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froze, fro·zen, freez·ing.
- : to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
- : to become hard or stiffened because of loss of heat, as objects containing moisture: Meat will freeze in a few hours.
- : to suffer the effects of intense cold; have the sensation of extreme cold: We sat there freezing until the heat came on.
- : to be of the degree of cold at which water freezes: It may freeze tonight.
- : to lose warmth of feeling; be stunned or chilled with fear, shock, etc.: My heart froze when she told me the news.
- : to become immobilized through fear, shock, etc.: When he got in front of the audience he froze.
- : to stop suddenly and remain motionless; halt: I froze in my tracks.
- : to become obstructed by the formation of ice, as pipes: Our basement water pipes often freeze in winter.
- : to die or be injured because of frost or cold.
- : to become rigidly fixed in place, as from rust or dirt.
- : to become fixed to something by or as if by the action of frost.
- : to become unfriendly, secretive, or aloof: He froze at such a personal question.
- : Digital Technology. to become temporarily inoperable; cease to function: The new software made my laptop freeze.
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froze, fro·zen, freez·ing.
- : to harden into ice; change from a fluid to a solid form by loss of heat; congeal.
- : to form ice on the surface of.
- : to harden or stiffen by cold.
- : to quick-freeze.
- : to subject to freezing temperature; place in a freezer or in the freezing compartment of a refrigerator.
- : to cause to suffer the effects of intense cold; produce the sensation of extreme cold in.
- : to cause to lose warmth as if by cold; chill with fear; dampen the enthusiasm of.
- : to cause to become fixed through fright, alarm, shock, etc.: Terror froze him to the steering wheel.
- : to kill by frost or cold: A late snow froze the buds.
- : to fix fast with ice: a sled frozen to a sidewalk.
- : to obstruct or close by the formation of ice: The storm had frozen the hydrant.
- : to fix at a specific amount, usually by government order.
- : to stop or limit production, use, or development of: an agreement to freeze nuclear weapons.
- : Finance. to render impossible of liquidation or collection: Bank loans are frozen in business depressions.
- : Digital Technology. to render temporarily inoperable: Ironically, it was a security update for my operating system that froze my computer.
- : Surgery. to render part of the body insensitive to pain or slower in its function by artificial means.
- : Cards. Canasta.to play a wild card on so as to make it frozen.Poker.to eliminate in a game of freezeout.
- : to photograph at a shutter speed fast enough to produce an unblurred, seemingly motionless image.
- : Movies. to stop by means of a freeze-frame mechanism: You can freeze the action at any point.
- : Sports. to maintain possession of for as long as possible, usually without trying to score, thereby reducing the opponent's opportunities for scoring.
- : Ice Hockey. to hold against the boards with the skates or stick, causing play to stop and forcing a face-off.
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- : the act of freezing; state of being frozen.
- : Also called ice-up .Meteorology. a widespread occurrence of temperatures below 32°F persisting for at least several days:A freeze is expected in the coastal areas.
- : a frost.
- : Digital Technology. a cease in function when software gets caught in loops or hardware lacks sufficient processing power to continue a task.
- : a legislative action, especially in time of national emergency, to control prices, rents, production, etc.: The government put a freeze on new construction.
- : a decision by one or more nations to stop or limit production or development of weapons, especially nuclear weapons.
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- : freeze on / onto Informal. to adhere closely to; hold on; seize.
- : freeze out, to exclude or compel to withdraw from membership, acceptance, a position of influence or advantage, etc., by cold treatment or severe competition.
- : freeze over, to coat or become coated with ice: The lake freezes over for several months each year.
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Examples
Most or all spots except right near the water should see a freeze.
The system was among the first in the country to announce service cuts and a hiring freeze in hopes of conserving cash.
Patchy frost and freeze spots are possible — bring in those outdoor plants if you’ve potted them!
The visa freeze is due to expire at the end of the year, and people such as Bowman have vowed to keep their doors open once a new season starts, probably next year.
BBC Global News, the commercial, international arm of the BBC, has, like other publishers, weathered sudden double-digit percentage drops in digital ad revenue over the last six months from coronavirus-induced spending freezes.
The quandary of whether to freeze eggs or not could become irrelevant overnight.
But with the outbreak of hostilities in mid-2011, all festivities were thrust into the deep freeze.
To get the product from manufacturer to arm, the product is lyophilized (a fancy word for freeze dried).
MAKE IT AHEAD: Assemble the pot pies completely, cover tightly, and refrigerate for up to a day or freeze for up to a month.
Some time passes, another performer tests positive, another temporary production freeze.
I have paid to have a fire kept up in the furnace for a week so that the pipes would not freeze.
Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words make them wrathful.
When the soil pipe from a water-closet is exposed in cold weather it may freeze up or be clogged by urinary deposits.
The newcomer would import an element of caste and class which would freeze mother and daughter to the bones.
Even while she gazed there crept over her a sensation of deadly fear and dread, that seemed to freeze the very blood in her veins.