vi.

1. 结冰，凝固[（+up）]
   When the thermometer is at 0 degree centigrade, water will freeze.

   当温度计降至摄氏零度时，水便会结冰。

2. 冻牢，凝住[（+up）]
3. （用it作主语）冰冻，严寒
   It froze hard last night.

   昨夜有严重冰冻。

4. 感到极冷；冻僵
   I'm freezing!

   我冻僵了！

5. （食物）可以冷藏
6. （因恐惧等）呆住；战栗，变僵硬
   She froze at the sound of a gun.

   她一听到枪声就吓呆了。

7. 冻死；冻伤
8. 变得不友善；高傲[（+up）]

vt.

1. 使结冰，使凝固，使冻住[（+up）][O8]
   The cold weather froze the lake.

   寒冷的天气令湖面结冰了。

2. 使冻僵（或冻伤，冻死）[O8]
   He was frozen stiff after sitting so long.

   他坐了好长时间，人都冻僵了。

3. 用冷冻保藏（食物）
4. 使呆住；使战栗
   She froze her noisy children with a single look.

   她一瞪眼，吵闹的孩子们马上动也不敢动。

5. 冻结（物价，工资，资产等）；冻结（存款）
   His salary was frozen at 200 dollars per week.

   他的薪水冻结在每周二百美元的水平上。

n.[S]

1. 结冰；凝固；严寒期
   Several people were found lying dead in the street during the big freeze last winter.

   去冬严寒期街上发现好几具尸体。

2. （物价，工资等的）冻结
   The retired workers demanded a freeze on prices.

   退休工人强烈要求冻结物价。

v.

1. (with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.
   ▸become or cause to become blocked or rigid with ice.
2. be or cause to be very cold.
   ▸store at a very low temperature as a means of preservation.
3. become suddenly motionless or paralysed with fear or shock.
   ▸(of a computer screen) suddenly become locked.
4. keep or stop at a fixed level or in a fixed state.
   ▸prevent (assets) from being used for a period of time.
   ▸stop (a moving image) at a particular frame when filming or viewing.
5. (freeze someone out) informal behave in a hostile or obstructive way so as to exclude someone.

n.

1. an act of freezing something at a fixed level or in a fixed state:
   a pay freeze.
2. a period of very cold weather:
   the big freeze.