vi.

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

   當溫度計降至攝氏零度時，水便會結冰。

2. 凍牢，凝住[（+up）]
3. （用it作主詞）冰凍，嚴寒
   It froze hard last night.

   昨夜有嚴重冰凍。

4. 感到極冷；凍僵
   I'm freezing!

   我凍僵了！

5. （食物）可以冷藏
6. （因恐懼等）呆住；戰慄，變僵硬
   She froze at the sound of a gun.

   她一聽到槍聲就嚇呆了。

7. 凍死；凍傷
8. 變得不友善；高傲[（+up）]

vt.

1. 使結冰，使凝固，使凍住[（+up）][O8]
   The cold weather froze the lake.

   寒冷的天氣把湖凍住了。

2. 使凍僵（或凍傷，凍死）[O8]
   He was frozen stiff after sitting so long.

   他坐了好長時間，人都凍僵了。

3. 用冷凍保藏（食物）
4. 使呆住；使戰慄
   She froze her noisy children with a single look.

   她一瞪眼，她吵鬧的孩子們馬上動也不敢動。

5. 凍結（物價，薪資，資產等）；凍結（存款）
   His salary was frozen at 200 dollars per week.

   他的薪水凍結在每週二百美元的水平上。

n.[S]

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

   去冬嚴寒期街上發現好幾個人凍死。

2. （物價，薪資等的）凍結
   The retired workers demanded a freeze on prices.

   退休工人要求凍結物價。

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.