- no obj.(of a liquid) be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold（液体）结冰; 冻结; 凝固：
in the winter the milk froze.
冬天里牛奶冻了起来。
- with obj. turn (a liquid) into ice or another solid in such a way使（液体）结冰, 使（液体）冻结。
- (of something wet or containing liquid) become blocked, covered, or rigid with ice（湿的或盛液体的东西）被冰堵塞（或覆盖、冻僵硬）：
the pipes had frozen.
管子冻住了。
- with obj. cause (something wet or containing liquid) to become blocked, covered, or rigid with ice使（湿的或盛液体的东西）被冰堵塞（或覆盖、冻僵硬）：
with complement the ground was frozen hard.地面冻得发硬了。
- be or feel so cold that one is near death (often used hyperbolically)极冷; 感到极冷; 冻死（常用于夸张）, 冻僵：
you'll freeze to death standing there.
站在那儿你会冻死的。
- with obj.(of the weather) cause (someone) to feel so cold that they are near death（天气）使感到极冷。
- (of the weather) be at or below freezing（气温）达到冰点或冰点以下：
at night it froze again.
晚上气温又降到零度以下。
- with obj. deprive (a part of the body) of feeling, especially by the application of a chilled anaesthetic substance（尤指用冷冻法麻醉）使（身体的某一部位）失去知觉。
- with obj. treat (someone) with a cold manner; stare coldly at (someone)冷待（某人）; 瞪眼看（某人）：
she would freeze him with a look when he tried to talk to her.
当他试图和她讲话时, 她会冷冰冰地瞪着他。
- with obj. store (something) at a very low temperature in order to preserve it冷藏（食物等）：
the cake can be frozen.
蛋糕可以冷藏。
- no obj., with complement(of food) be able to be preserved in such a way（食物）可冷藏：
this soup freezes well.
这种汤用冷藏效果很好。
- no obj. become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock（因恐惧、震惊而）呆住, 僵住, 愣住：
she froze in horror
她吓呆了
some people freeze up and look completely false.
一些人会突然变得呆若木鸡, 看上去却完全不像是真的。
- stop moving when ordered or directed（当被命令或指示时）停住不动。
- with obj. hold (something) at a fixed level or in a fixed state for a period of time冻结; 使固定在某水平（或状态）一段时间：
new spending on defence was to be frozen.
新的防务开支将被冻结。
- prevent (assets) from being used for a period of time冻结（资产）：
the charity's bank account has been frozen.
这个慈善团体的银行账户已被冻结。
- stop (a moving image) at a particular frame when filming or viewing（摄影或观看影片或录像时）使（活动的图像）定格：
the camera will set fast shutter speeds to freeze the action.
摄影机将设定高速快门来定格这一动作。
- no obj.(of a computer screen) become temporarily locked because of system problems（计算机屏幕因系统故障）被暂时锁定。
- an act of holding or being held at a fixed level or in a fixed state冻结：
workers faced a pay freeze.
工人们面临着工资冻结。
- short for FREEZE-FRAME.FREEZE-FRAME的简称。
- informal a period of frost or very cold weather〈非正式〉冰冻期; 严寒期：
the big freeze surprised the weathermen.
那次严寒让气象预报员们感到意外。
freeze one's blood（或one's blood freezes）
- fill (or be filled) with a sudden feeling of great fear or horror使某人惊恐万状。
freezable
adjectivefrozenly
adverbfreeze someone out
- informal behave in a hostile or obstructive way so as to exclude someone from something〈非正式〉（用敌对或阻碍手段）逼走; 将…逐出。
freeze on to
- informal, dated hold on tightly or be very attentive to〈非正式, 旧〉紧紧抓住; 专心于：
we'll freeze on to those facts.
我们将紧紧抓住那些事实。