Word · Frequency #3516
freeze
严寒期；冰冻期
A period of very cold weather.
- 1.
A period of intensely cold weather.
严寒期
- 2.
A halt of a regular operation.
运行暂停
- 3.
The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
系统停止响应输入
- 4.
A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
冰壶中石壶紧贴静止石壶,几乎无法击出
- 5.
A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
冻结加薪或招聘等
冻结；暂停；中止；死机；卡死；贴球；粘球；严寒期
In use
The company announced a hiring freeze until the end of the quarter.
During the cold snap, a deep freeze settled over the region.
The government imposed a price freeze on essential goods.
Connections
Collocations
- a deep freeze
- 严寒期；冰冻期
- The deep freeze damaged many orange trees.严寒期毁坏了许多橘子树。
- a hiring freeze
- 招聘冻结；暂停招聘
- The company announced a hiring freeze last week.公司上周宣布暂停招聘。
- a pay freeze
- 薪酬冻结；冻结加薪
- Employees are frustrated by the pay freeze.员工对薪酬冻结感到沮丧。
- a price freeze
- 价格冻结；冻结物价
- The government introduced a price freeze on fuel.政府对燃料实行了物价冻结。
- a system freeze
- 系统冻结；系统死机
- A system freeze often happens after too many updates.系统死机往往发生在更新过多之后。
- an asset freeze
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象水结冰：天气严寒是“冰冻期”，电脑卡住像被冻住，加薪招聘暂停也如被冰封，一“冻”就停。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：weather forecast、computing、employment and finance、curling freeze 作名词时含义较多，语域随语境变化：天气语境中多用于天气预报（如 a freeze），电脑语境中比较常见于口语，指程序或系统卡死；商务语境中常以 hiring freeze、pay freeze 等固定搭配出现。具体含义通常靠搭配和上下文判断。
Grammar Note
可数名词；可指冰冻时期、冻结（价格、工资等）或停滞状态。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with freeze (/friːz/), sharing the /iːz/ ending: breeze, cheese, seize, squeeze, sneeze, and these. Note the spelling varies: 'ee', 'e…e', and 'ei' can all represent /iː/. Be careful not to confuse freeze with lookalikes such as frenzy (/ˈfrenzi/) or fridge (/frɪdʒ/), which sound different.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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