freeze
/friːz/
v. / n.
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
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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。
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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
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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
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The government announced a freeze on public-sector pay.
政府宣布冻结公共部门工资。
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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
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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)
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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。
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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。
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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
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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
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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。
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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。
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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。