seize up

• • (机器等)卡住、停止，失灵：

    If you fail to oil the engine regularly, it would seize up without warning.

    如果你不定期给发动机注油，它不定那天就会突然卡住。

  • [主英国英语]松弛；笨拙地进行：

    the verse that seized up

    结构松弛的诗

  • [英国口语]彻底失败；陷入僵局：

    The peace talks is being seized up.

    和谈正处于僵局。

  • [英国口语](城市交通)堵塞，拥塞