freeze
noun · verb · adjectiveA2- Tiếng Việt:
- đóng băng
đóng băng. Họ từ FREEZE — danh từ: freeze; động từ: freeze; tính từ: frozen.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(copulative, intransitive)Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
The lake froze solid.
1855, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Book XX: The Famine, Ever thicker, thicker, thicker / Froze the ice on lake and river,
1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library: Wonders, Section II: Water, Running water does not freeze as easily as still water.
Đồng nghĩa: solidify
- 2.
(transitive)To lower something's temperature to the point that it freezes or becomes hard.
Don't freeze meat twice.
1888, Elias Lönnrot, John Martin Crawford (translator, from German), The Kalevala, Rune XXX: The Frost-fiend, Freeze the wizard in his vessel, / Freeze to ice the wicked Ahti, ...
- 3.
(intransitive)To drop to a temperature below zero degrees celsius, where water turns to ice.
It didn't freeze this winter, but last winter was very harsh.
- 4.
(informal, intransitive)To be affected by extreme cold.
It's freezing in here!
Don't go outside wearing just a t-shirt; you'll freeze!
- 5.
(idiomatic, intransitive)(intransitive, computing, software, idiomatic) Of a machine or system, to come to a sudden halt, to stop working (functioning).
Since the last update, the program freezes after a few minutes of use.
Đồng nghĩa: freeze up, grind to a halt, hang, lock up, seize, seize up
- 6.
(idiomatic, intransitive)Of a person or other animal, to stop (become motionless) or be stopped due to attentiveness, fear, surprise, etc.
Despite all of the rehearsals, I froze as soon as I got on stage.
Đồng nghĩa: freeze up
- 7.
(transitive)To cause someone to become motionless.
Đồng nghĩa: halt, immobilize
- 8.
(figuratively)To lose or cause to lose warmth of feeling; to shut out; to ostracize.
Over time, he froze towards her, and ceased to react to her friendly advances.
- 9.
To cause loss of animation or life in, from lack of heat; to give the sensation of cold to; to chill.
- 10.
(transitive)To prevent the movement or liquidation of a person's financial assets
The court froze the criminal's bank account.
- 11.
Of prices, spending etc., to keep at the same level, without any increase.
- 12.
(ambitransitive)To prevent from showing any visible change.
Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.
Playback will freeze if you pause the video.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A period of intensely cold weather.
- 2.
A halt of a regular operation.
1983 October 3, Ted Kennedy, speech, Truth and Tolerance in America, Critics may oppose the nuclear freeze for what they regard as moral reasons.
- 3.
(computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.
Đồng nghĩa: hang
- 4.
(curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.
- 5.
(business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.
a hiring freeze; a pay freeze
- 6.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete form of frieze.
Cụm từ thường dùng
freeze over
giới từ đi kèm
freeze water
cụm thông dụng
freeze up
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English fresen, from Old English frēosan (to freeze), from *freusan, from Proto-Germanic *freusaną (to freeze), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (to freeze; frost). 2 cog Cognate with friis, friise, früüs (to freeze), fjoose, frjoze (to freeze), frieze, freese, briizan, vriizan (to be cold), vriezen, freren, fresen (to freeze), fréieren, frieren,, fryse, frjósa, frysa, fryse (to freeze…