freeze

詳細解釋：

freeze

v.（動詞）
froze[frôz] fro.zen[frô.z…n] freez.ing,freez.es
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To pass from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
凝固：通過失去熱量而從液體狀態轉為固體狀態
To acquire a surface or coat of ice from cold:
結冰：由於冷而產生表層或外層的冰：
例句：
The lake froze over in January. Bridges freeze before the adjacent roads.
一月份此湖被凍住。橋比附近的路早凍住

To become clogged or jammed because of the formation of ice:
（由於結冰）而阻塞或堵住：
例句：
The pipes froze in the basement.
地下室里的水管因結冰而不通

To be at that degree of temperature at which ice forms:
達到冰點：達到冰形成時的溫度：
例句：
It may freeze tonight.
今晚可能結冰

To be killed or harmed by cold or frost:
凍傷，凍死：由於冷或冰凍而被凍死或傷害：
例句：
They almost froze to death. Mulch keeps garden plants from freezing.
他們幾乎要凍死了。護根物使花園裡的植物免於被凍死

To be or feel uncomfortably cold:
極度寒冷：變得或感到不舒適的寒冷：
例句：
Aren`t you freezing without a coatô
你不穿外套，難道不感到很冷嗎ô

To become fixed, stuck, or attached by or as if by frost:
固定住，卡住：被或仿佛被冰凍所固定、粘住或連線：
例句：
The lock froze up with rust.
鎖因生鏽而卡住了

To become motionless or immobile, as from surprise or attentiveness:
楞住，嚇住：（如因驚奇或注意）變得不運動或靜止：
例句：
I heard a sound and froze in my tracks.
我聽到一種聲音而嚇得停下了腳步

To become unable to act or react, as from fear:
驚呆住：如因恐懼而不能行動或反應：
例句：
froze in front of the audience.
在觀眾面前嚇呆了

To become icily silent in manner:
態度變得冷淡沉默：
例句：
froze at the rebuke.
冷對責難

To become rigid and inflexible; solidify:
不知變通：變得僵硬並不可動搖；僵化：
例句：
an opinion that froze into dogma.
僵硬到教條之地步的主張

v.tr.（及物動詞）

To convert into ice.
使結冰
To cause ice to form upon.
使冰按…形成
To cause to congeal or stiffen from extreme cold:
使凍僵：由於極冷使凝固或僵硬：
例句：
winter cold that froze the ground.
凍僵地面的冬天的寒冷

To preserve (foods, for example) by subjecting to freezing temperatures.
冷藏（食物）：在結凍的溫度內保存（食物）
To damage, kill, or make inoperative by cold or by the formation of ice.
凍壞，凍死，凍僵：通過寒冷或凍的形成而引起破壞、凍死或使不起作用
To make very cold; chill.
使變得極冷；感到冷
To immobilize, as with fear or shock.
嚇呆：如由於恐懼或震驚使不能動
To chill with an icy or formal manner:
以冰冷態度使寒心：
例句：
froze me with one look.
這一瞥使我感到心寒

To stop the motion or progress of:
使停頓：中斷…的運動或過程：
例句：
The negotiations were frozen by the refusal of either side to compromise.
由於雙方拒絕妥協，談判被中斷了

To fix (prices or wages, for example) at a given or current level.
穩定，凍結：使（如物價或工資）固定在一個既定或現行的標準上
To prohibit further manufacture or use of.
禁止進一步生產或使用…
To prevent or restrict the exchange, withdrawal, liquidation, or granting of by governmental action:
凍結資產：政府採取措施阻止或限制…的交換、撤消、清算或轉渡：
例句：
freeze investment loans during a depression; froze foreign assets held by U.S. banks.
經濟蕭條時期凍結投資貸款；凍結美國銀行所持有的國外資產

To capture or preserve a likeness of, as on film.
抓取並保存（如電影中的）的圖象

To photograph (a subject) in mid-action so as to produce a still image.
照相：為產生靜止的影象而給運動中的（某物體）照相
To stop (a moving film) at a particular image.
使定格：在某個特別的圖象出現時，中斷（正在放映的電影）
To anesthetize by chilling.
用冷凍法麻醉
Sports To keep possession of (a ball or puck) so as to deny an opponent the opportunity to score.
【體育運動】 控（球）而不給對方得分機會
n.（名詞）

The act of freezing.
凍結：凍結的動作
The state of being frozen.
冰凍：使凍結的狀態
A spell of cold weather; a frost.
冰凍期：天氣寒冷的時期；嚴寒期
A restriction that forbids a quantity from rising above a given or current level:
（物價等）凍結：禁止數量超出既定或現行標準的限制：
例句：
a freeze on city jobs; a proposed freeze on the production of nuclear weapons.
城市工作的凍結；關於核武器生產的凍結計畫

<常用詞組>freeze out
To shut out or exclude, as by cold or unfriendly treatment:
排擠：以冷淡或不友好的對待加以排擠：
例句：
The others tried to freeze me out of the conversation.
其他人試圖將我排擠在談話之外

<習慣用語>freeze (someone`s) blood
To affect with terror or dread; horrify:
以恐怖或死亡影響；使恐怖：
例句：
a scream that froze my blood.
使我毛骨悚然的尖叫

來源：
Middle English fresen
中古英文 fresen
from Old English frôosan * see preus-
源自 古英文 frôosan *參見 preus-

【引伸】
freez.able
adj.（形容詞）