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freeze sth
They decided to freeze the prices for a year.
他们决定冻结价格一年。
结冰；冻住；降到冰点
frozen — past participle of freeze · irregular form
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
结冰；冻住；降到冰点
Of water or a liquid, to become solid because of cold; of weather, to drop to a temperature at or below zero degrees Celsius.
They decided to freeze the prices for a year.
他们决定冻结价格一年。
(尤指液体)因低温而凝固。
Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
降低某物的温度使其冻结或变硬。
To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
温度降至零摄氏度以下,水结冰。
To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
(机器或系统)突然停止运行。
Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
freeze
Base
原形
freezes
3rd person
第三人称单数
freezing
-ing
现在分词
froze
Past
过去式
frozen
Past participle
过去分词
Water freezes at 0°C.
水在0摄氏度结冰。
The lake froze last night.
湖昨晚结冰了。
They have frozen the assets.
他们已经冻结了资产。
不规则动词
The lake freezes in winter.
这个湖在冬天结冰。
I froze when I heard the loud noise.
我听到巨响时呆住了。
The children are freezing outside without coats.
孩子们没穿外套在外面冻僵了。
They decided to freeze the prices for a year.
他们决定冻结价格一年。
The lake freezes over every winter.
湖面每年冬天都会结冰。
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。
Not this
The water freezed last night.
Use this
The water froze last night.
“freeze”的过去式是不规则形式“froze”，而不是规则变化加“-ed”。中国学习者常因规则动词类推而误用“freezed”。
Not this
I have freezed the vegetables.
Use this
I have frozen the vegetables.
“freeze”的过去分词是“frozen”，不是“freezed”。用“have + 过去分词”构成现在完成时，必须使用正确的不规则形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
结冰
The lake freezes over every winter.
这个湖每年冬天都会结冰。
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。
冻结进程
The manager decided to freeze the hiring process until further notice.
经理决定暂停招聘流程，直至另行通知。
（因恐惧或紧张）呆住，僵住
When the teacher called on me, I completely froze up and couldn't say a word.
老师叫我时，我完全僵住了，一句话也说不出来。
结冰；被冰覆盖
The lake freezes over every winter, allowing people to skate on it.
这个湖每年冬天都结冰，人们可以在上面滑冰。
排挤；排斥
The new manager tried to freeze out the old employees by giving them unpleasant assignments.
新经理试图通过分配不愉快的任务来排挤老员工。
不许动！
In the movie 'The French Connection', Detective Popeye Doyle shouts 'Freeze!' during a chase.
在电影《法国贩毒网》中，侦探波佩·多伊尔在追捕中大喊‘不许动！’
冻结！
In the video game 'Mortal Kombat', Sub-Zero uses his 'Freeze' move to immobilize opponents.
在电子游戏《真人快打》中，绝对零度使用‘冻结’技能定住对手。
Use frozen naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.
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