1. (使)冻结;(使)结冰;(使)凝固
    If a liquid or a substance containing a liquid freezes, or if something freezes it, it becomes solid because of low temperatures.

    e.g. If the temperature drops below 0°C, water freezes...
           温度降到零摄氏度以下水就会结冰。
    e.g. The ground froze solid.
           地面冻实了。

2. 冷冻(食物等)
    If you freeze something such as food, you preserve it by storing it at a temperature below freezing point. You can also talk about how well food freezes .

    e.g. You can freeze the soup at this stage...
           这时可以把汤冷冻起来。
    e.g. Most fresh herbs will freeze successfully.
           大多数新鲜的芳草都很适宜冷冻贮藏。

3. (管子、机器等因液体结冰)冻得堵塞，冻牢
    If something such as a pipe or machine freezes, it becomes blocked or stiff with ice or frozen liquid.

freeze的近义词

    e.g. The water pipes will freeze.
           水管会冻住。

4. (天气)冷到结冰的程度，冰冻
    When it freezes outside, the temperature falls below freezing point.

freeze的近义词

    e.g. What if it rained and then froze all through those months?
           要是那几个月一直又下雨又冰冻怎么办？

5. 冻僵;感到极冷
    If you freeze, you feel extremely cold.

    e.g. The windows didn't fit at the bottom so for a while we froze even in the middle of summer...
           窗子底下关不严，所以有一段时间即使是在盛夏我们也觉得很冷。
    e.g. Your hands will freeze doing this.
           做这个手会冻僵的。

6. 僵住;呆住;停住不动
    If someone who is moving freezes, they suddenly stop and become completely still and quiet.

    e.g. She froze when the beam of the flashlight struck her.
           当手电筒的光照到她身上时她僵住了。

7. 冻结，限定(物价、工资等)
    If the government or a company freeze things such as prices or wages, they state officially that they will not allow them to increase for a fixed period of time.

    e.g. They want the government to freeze prices...
           他们希望政府冻结物价。
    e.g. Wages have been frozen and workers laid off.
           工资已被冻结，工人也下岗了。

8. 冻结，暂停(计划、进程等)
    If a government freezes a plan or process, they state officially that they will not allow it to continue for a period of time.

freeze的反义词

    e.g. Britain has already frozen its aid programme...
           英国已冻结了其援助项目。
    e.g. Diplomatic relations were frozen until August this year.
           外交关系直到今年8月才解冻。

9. 冻结，查封(银行账户、基金、财产等)
    If someone in authority freezes something such as a bank account, fund, or property, they obtain a legal order which states that it cannot be used or sold for a particular period of time.

    e.g. The governor's action freezes 300,000 accounts...
           州长采取的行动冻结了 30 万个账户。
    e.g. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
           他说根据这些法规，赖斯先生的资产可能已经被冻结了。

10. 排挤;逐出;挤对
    If you freeze someone out of an activity or situation, you prevent them from being involved in it by creating difficulties or by being unfriendly.

    e.g. Other traders did everything they could to freeze us out of the business.
           其他商人则想方设法地要把我们排挤出这个生意圈。

11. (表面)封冻，结冰
      If something freezes over, it becomes covered with a layer of ice or other frozen substance.

freeze

      e.g. The air temperature was well below freezing, and lakes and rivers froze over...
             气温远远低于零度，湖面和河面都封冻了。
      e.g. The lakes are still frozen over.
             湖面还结着冰。

12. (使)完全被冰覆盖(或堵塞)
      If something freezes up or if something freezes it up, it becomes completely covered or blocked with ice.

      e.g. ...lavatories that often freeze up in winter...
             在冬季经常完全冻住的抽水马桶
      e.g. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
             冰可能会冻死他们的鱼雷发射装置。

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