B1 [ I or T ] If you freeze something, you lower its temperature below 0°C, causing it to become cold and often hard, and if something freezes, its temperature goes below 0°C.(使)冻结,(使)结冰
B1 [ I or T ] to make food last a long time by storing it at a very low temperature so that it becomes hard冷冻保存(食物)
More examples
She'll prepare the food ahead of time and freeze it.
If required, freeze on day of purchase.
The river froze to a depth of over a metre.
It was so cold that the clothes on the washing line had frozen.
The river freezes every winter.
[ I ] US also freeze up If an engine or lock freezes, it stops working because its parts have become stuck and can no longer move.(引擎或锁)卡住,堵塞
[ T ] To freeze something such as pay or prices is to fix it at a particular level and not allow any increases.使(工资、物价等)固定不变,阻止…增长
[ T ] to officially and legally prevent money or property from being used or moved冻结(资金或财产)
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