Word · Frequency #3516
freezing
结冰;冻住;降到冰点
freezing is the present participle of freeze.
Of water or a liquid, to become solid because of cold; of weather, to drop to a temperature at or below zero degrees Celsius.
- 1.
Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
(尤指液体)因低温而凝固。
- 2.
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
降低某物的温度使其冻结或变硬。
- 3.
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
温度降至零摄氏度以下,水结冰。
- 4.
Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
(机器或系统)突然停止运行。
- 5.
Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
(人或动物)因专注、恐惧、惊讶等而呆住不动。
- 6.
To cause someone to become motionless.
使某人呆住不动。
- 7.
To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
失去或使失去热情;排斥;排挤。
- 8.
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
使因寒冷而失去活力或生命;使感到寒冷;使冰凉。
- 9.
To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
冻结(某人的金融资产),阻止其流动或变现。
- 10.
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
(物价、开支等)保持在同一水平,不增加。
- 11.
To prevent from showing any visible change.
阻止显示任何可见变化
- 12.
To trap (the puck) so that it cannot be played.
控制冰球使其无法被击打
冷冻;使冻结;冻僵;冻死;使冰冷;(因害怕或惊讶)呆住;愣住;使动弹不得;(电脑等)死机;卡住;冻结(资产、账户等)
In use
The lake freezes in winter.
I froze when I heard the loud noise.
The children are freezing outside without coats.
freeze sth
They decided to freeze the prices for a year.
他们决定冻结价格一年。
freeze over
The lake freezes over every winter.
湖面每年冬天都会结冰。
freeze to death
Without proper clothing, you could freeze to death in such weather.
在这样的天气里,没有合适的衣服你可能会冻死。
Connections
Collocations
- freeze to death
- 冻死
- If you stay out in this blizzard, you'll freeze to death.如果你待在这样的暴风雪中,你会冻死的。
- freeze assets
- 冻结资产
- The court ordered the bank to freeze the company's assets.法院命令银行冻结该公司的资产。
- freeze up
- 冻结(因故障或恐惧而停止运作)
- My computer froze up right in the middle of the presentation.我的电脑在演示过程中突然死机了。
- freeze over
- 结冰
- The lake freezes over every winter.这个湖每年冬天都会结冰。
- freeze in place
- 僵住不动
- When the fire alarm went off, everyone froze in place.火警响起时,每个人都僵在原地。
- freeze the process
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象水结冰时,流动的自由(free)被冻住(-ze),表示冻结或突然不动。
Context & Register
该词义通常用于描述因惊讶、恐惧或指令而突然停止移动,常见于口语和书面叙述中,整体中性偏口语化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like breeze, squeeze, sneeze, and wheeze share the same 'eeze' spelling and pronunciation as freeze. Seize and tease also rhyme with freeze but have different spellings ('eize' and 'ease'). All have the /iːz/ ending.
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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