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| 1 | C an official decision to prevent any increase in the number , level , or rate of something 冻结 |
| a pay/wage/price freeze 薪金/工资/价格的冻结 |
| +on There has been a freeze on the number of police officers. 警官人数有定额。 |
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| 2 | singular a drop in temperature to 0 degrees Celsius or below 上冻 |
| A freeze is expected tonight. 预计今晚将上冻。 |
| | 2a | a period of time when the weather is extremely cold 冰冻期；严寒期 | | the big freeze of 1941 1941年的严寒期 | |
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