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the freezing of [substance]
The freezing of water occurs at 0°C.
水的冻结发生在0摄氏度。
冻结；凝固
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
冻结；凝固
The process in which a liquid turns into a solid when cooled to a very low temperature.
The freezing of water occurs at 0°C.
水的冻结发生在0摄氏度。
物质通过冷却至临界低温而从液态转变为固态的状态变化。
The change in state of a substance from liquid to solid by cooling to a critically low temperature.
用麻醉剂使麻木的行为。
The action of numbing with anesthetics.
Freezing is a common method for preserving food.
冷冻是保存食物的常用方法。
The freezing of the river caused problems for navigation.
河流结冰给航行带来了问题。
Freezing can occur quickly in very cold temperatures.
在极低温度下，冷冻可能迅速发生。
The freezing of water occurs at 0°C.
水的冻结发生在0摄氏度。
The volume increases during freezing.
体积在冻结过程中增加。
Add antifreeze to prevent freezing.
加入防冻剂以防止冻结。
Not this
The freeze of water occurs at 0°C.
Use this
The freezing of water occurs at 0°C.
名词'freeze'通常指冰冻期或冻结的状态，而'freezing'作为名词特指冻结的过程或动作。中文学习者常受'冻结'一词既表状态又表过程的影响，误用'freeze'来表示过程。应使用动名词'freezing'。
Not this
Freezing water is a physical process.
Use this
The freezing of water is a physical process.
当'freezing'作为名词使用时，需要加上定冠词'the'和介词'of'来构成特定短语'the freezing of ...'，表示'...的冻结过程'。中文中常直接说'水冻结'，导致学习者遗漏冠词和介词，造成歧义（可能被理解为'正在结冰的水'）。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
冰点
The freezing point of water is 0°C.
水的冰点是0摄氏度。
冷冻过程
The freezing process preserves food.
冷冻过程可以保存食物。
深冻
Deep freezing is used for long-term storage.
深冻用于长期储存。
冻融
Freezing and thawing can damage roads.
冻融会损坏道路。
冷冻时间
The freezing time depends on the size of the item.
冷冻时间取决于物品的大小。
冷冻能力
This freezer has a large freezing capacity.
这台冰柜有大的冷冻能力。
极冷的
It's freezing cold outside.
外面冷极了。
零度以下
Temperatures will drop below freezing tonight.
今晚气温将降到零度以下。
表面结冰
The lake is freezing over.
湖面正在结冰。
Use freezing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想“freezing”中的“ee”像两条冰柱，水在0°C以下冻结成冰的过程就是freezing。
多用于描述液体凝固的过程，常见于科学或日常生活语境，语体中性。
These words share the spelling chunk 'eezing' and rhyme with 'freezing' (stressed vowel /iː/ + /zɪŋ/). Note that words like 'teasing' and 'seizing' also rhyme but have different spellings ('ea', 'ei').
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