Once their waterpipes froze and burst.
有一次他们的水管给冻破了。Water freezes when the temperature falls below 0℃.
当温度降至摄氏零度时水会结冰。The wet clothes has frozen on the clothesline.
潮衣服在晒衣绳上结冻了。Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.
盐水冰点温度比淡水冰点温度低。It's freezing tonight.
今夜有冰冻。The child froze at the sight of the snake.
那孩子看见那条蛇吓呆了。It must be the wind that makes it so cold.I'm freezing.
一定是这场风把天气变得这么冷,我冻得要命。As he looked at the million-pound note, his smile froze on his face.
他看到那张百万英镑支票时,笑容在他脸上不自然地僵住了。用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.The cold weather froze the lake.
严寒的天气使得湖面结了冰。The north wind has frozen the water in the pool of the garden.
北风使花园里的池水结冰了。The government decided to freeze prices for six months.
政府决定冻结物价六个月。The President froze their credits.
总统冻结了他们的资金。1Meat from New Zealand is frozen and brought to England in special ships.
新西兰的肉被冷冻起来并用专用船只运到英国。His salary was frozen at $150 per week.
他的工资被固定在每周150美元。He looks half frozen, he needs a hot drink.
他看起来快给冻坏了,他需要一杯热饮料。用作宾补动词S+~+ n./pron. + adj.A freezer freezes water solid.
冰箱能使水结成固体。1The milk was frozen solid.
牛奶已冻得凝固了。The road is frozen hard.
路冻得很硬。
用作名词	(n.)
He slipped and broke his leg during the big freeze.
他在去年冬天严寒期内滑倒,摔断了腿。The weatherman predicted a freeze for tonight.
天气预报员预报今晚有冰冻。The bank instituted a wage freeze.
银行实行了工资冻结。

常用短语

用作动词	(v.)
freeze in (v.+adv.)
冻住 hold (sth) firmly in ice
freeze sth ⇔ in
The ship was frozen in for the winter.
冬天,船被冰层冻住了。
freeze off (v.+adv.)
拒绝…,拒绝接受 refuse to accept
freeze sb/sth ⇔ off
The girls froze him off when he wanted to join the party.
当他想参加舞会时,姑娘们拒绝了他。
We froze off their offer of help.
我们拒绝接受他们提出的帮助。
freeze onto (v.+prep.)
依附于 attach oneself to (sb or an idea)
freeze out (v.+adv.)
(用竞争等)排斥 prevent sb/sth from being included
freeze sb/sth ⇔ out
In capitalist society, big enterprises always try to freeze out the smaller ones.
在资本主义社会,大企业总是千方百计地排挤小企业。
Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out.
不受欢迎的人很容易被排挤掉。
They were frozen out of the club.
他们被挤出了俱乐部。
freeze over (v.+adv.)
封冻 freeze completely
freeze over
The lake has frozen over.
湖面已封冻了。
When the river freezes over, we can walk across on the ice.
河流封冻时,我们可以踏着冰穿过河面。
freeze sth ⇔ over
This cold wave is severe enough to freeze over all the rivers and ponds.
这次寒潮很厉害,河流和池塘都得结冰。
The river was frozen over last night.
昨晚河水全给冻上了。
freeze to (v.+prep.)
冻得… be in ice to
freeze to sth
Two of them froze to death.
他们当中有两人被冻死了。
freeze sb to sth
He was frozen to death on a snowing night.
在一个刮风雪的晚上,他被冻死了。
freeze together (v.+adv.)
冻结在一起 be in ice together
freeze sth ⇔ together
The two pots are frozen together.
这两个罐子冻在一起了。
freeze up (v.+adv.)
(态度)变得非常冷淡 not to care about sth
freeze up
The stream has frozen up, you can see the fish trapped in the ice.
小溪已经封冻,你可以看到封冻在冰里的鱼。
The engine has frozen up.
引擎已冻得发动不起来了。
freeze sth ⇔ up
The windows are frozen up and I can't open them.
窗户冻住了,打不开。
freeze up
She froze up and refused to say a word.
她变得非常冷淡,一言不发。
freeze with (v.+prep.)
因…而冻僵或战栗 cause to become still with cold or be dull
freeze with sth
Ellen froze with terror at the frightful sight.
埃伦被这种恐怖场面吓得发抖。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词freeze sb's blood 使某人极度恐惧,吓得某人魂不附体freeze in 由于冰冻而封冻在…里面freeze out 排斥,赶走,冻死,〈美〉因寒冷而受阻或停止freeze over 使冷,使冻结,使结冰,(表面上)全结冰freeze up 使冻结,变呆板〔僵硬〕,(态度)变得非常冷淡,愣住~+介词freeze onto 冻在(某物)上,〈口〉紧紧抓住freeze to 冻牢在…上面,牢牢地附在…上

经典引文

During a freeze there is no comfort in a southern house.
出自:	K. Field
She gave me the big freeze when I said hello.
出自:	fig.
It snowed all night, and froze very hard.
出自:	F. Smith

freeze的详细讲解:

词语用法

v.(动词)