freeze

/friːz/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6IELTS
一句话记住

结冰;冻结;突然僵住;(工资、价格或活动的)冻结

释义与例句

v. 结冰;冻结;突然僵住
to become solid because of cold, officially stop money, prices, or activity from changing or being used, or suddenly stop moving
  1. Fresh water freezes at zero degrees Celsius under standard pressure.
    在标准气压下,淡水在零摄氏度结冰。
  2. The bank froze the account after detecting suspicious activity.
    银行发现可疑活动后冻结了该账户。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She froze when she heard footsteps behind her.
    听到身后的脚步声时,她吓得僵住了。
n. (工资、价格或活动的)冻结
an official period or action that stops prices, pay, or an activity from increasing or continuing
  1. The government announced a freeze on public-sector pay.
    政府宣布冻结公共部门工资。
  2. The company introduced a hiring freeze to reduce costs.
    该公司为削减成本实施了招聘冻结。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The temporary price freeze will remain in place until June.
    临时价格冻结将持续到六月。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 freeze 的变化为 freeze—froze—frozen;水可 freeze,账户和工资也可 freeze,分别表示结冰和冻结。

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • freezer 冷冻柜;冰箱冷冻室
    可数名词,指用于冷冻和长期储存食物的设备或空间。
  • freezing 极冷的;冰冻的
    形容词,可表示温度极低,也用于 freezing point 表示冰点。
  • frozen 冷冻的;结冰的;冻住的
    形容词,既可描述 frozen food,也可描述 frozen assets 等被冻结的资产。
反义词
  • melt 融化;使融化
    描述物态变化时,freeze 指液体遇冷凝固,melt 指固体受热变成液体;freeze 还可指冻结账户或工资,这一用法不能用 melt 作反义词,解冻账户应说 unfreeze an account。
    Leave the ice cream at room temperature until it begins to melt. 把冰淇淋放在室温下,直到它开始融化。
常见搭配
  • freeze to death 冻死
    Without shelter, the stranded climbers could have frozen to death. 如果没有避难处,受困的登山者可能会冻死。
  • 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。
  • a pay freeze 工资冻结
    Employees accepted a temporary pay freeze during the crisis. 危机期间,员工们接受了暂时冻结工资。