1putting a particular level on sth限定水平ADJECTIVE | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤immediate立即凍結▸➤complete, total (especially BrE) 完全/全部凍結◇a complete freeze on emissions對氣體排放的完全凍結➤hiring, pay, price, wage (especially BrE) 招聘/薪酬/價格/工資凍結VERB + FREEZE➤impose實行凍結◇The government has imposed a price freeze on bread.政府已對麪包價格實行凍結。➤announce宣佈凍結PREPOSITION➤freeze on凍結⋯◇a freeze on fares票價的凍結freeze
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2cold weather with a temperature below 0°冰凍天氣ADJECTIVE | FREEZE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤big, deep, hard (NAmE) 嚴寒;深度冰凍◇The weather report advised us to prepare for a big freeze.天氣預報提醒大家注意預防嚴寒。◇Internet advertising is still in a deep freeze. (NAmE, figurative) 在因特網上登廣告仍然鮮有人問津。➤autumn, spring, etc. (especially BrE) 秋天、春天等的冰凍期FREEZE + NOUN➤warning (NAmE) 冰凍警報◇A hard freeze warning is in effect from midnight Sunday.嚴寒警報從週日午夜開始有效。freeze
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1become ice/extremely cold結冰;極冷ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤solid凍實◇The pond had frozen solid.池塘已經凍硬了。➤over, up冰封;凍住◇The lake has frozen over.湖面已經冰封了。◇The pipes have frozen up.水管凍住了。➤quickly迅速結冰PREPOSITION➤into凍成⋯◇like water freezing into ice就像水結成冰一樣PHRASES➤freeze to death凍死◇Hundreds of homeless people could freeze to death this winter.今年冬天有數以百計無家可歸的人可能凍死。◇Turn up the heat-I'm freezing to death! (figurative) 打開暖氣 - 我快要凍死了!freeze
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2preserve food保藏食品ADVERB➤well適宜冷藏◇Many vegetables freeze very well.許多蔬菜很適宜冷藏。freeze
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3stop moving停止不動ADVERB | VERB + FREEZE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤suddenly突然呆住▸➤for a moment, for a second, momentarily一時僵住◇His smile froze for a moment.他臉上的笑容一時僵住了。➤immediately, instantly立即/馬上僵住➤completely完全僵住VERB + FREEZE➤seem to似乎僵住◇Suddenly, Ronny seemed to freeze.突然,龍尼似乎僵住了。PREPOSITION➤in, with因⋯而呆住◇She froze with horror when she saw the body.她看到屍體時嚇呆了。➤into僵成⋯◇Maggie's face had frozen into a cold mask.瑪吉一下變得面若冰霜。PHRASES➤freeze to the spot呆住不動◇He was so surprised he froze to the spot.他驚訝得呆若木雞。➤freeze on the spot (NAmE) 當場僵住freeze
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4wages/prices工資;價格ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤effectively實際凍結◇Salaries were effectively frozen for six months.工資實際上凍結了 6 個月。PREPOSITION➤at凍結在⋯水平◇Prices have been frozen at this level for over a year now.物價凍結在這一水平已有一年多了。