Freeze

(noun.) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; 'a freeze on hiring'.

(noun.) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; 'a halt in the arms race'; 'a nuclear freeze'.

(noun.) weather cold enough to cause freezing.

(noun.) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid.

(verb.) suddenly behave coldly and formally; 'She froze when she saw her ex-husband'.

(verb.) anesthetize by cold.

(verb.) be cold; 'I could freeze to death in this office when the air conditioning is turned on'.

(verb.) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); 'Blocked funds'; 'Freeze the assets of this hostile government'.

(verb.) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it; 'Suspend the aid to the war-torn country'.

(verb.) change to ice; 'The water in the bowl froze'.

(verb.) cause to freeze; 'Freeze the leftover food'.

(verb.) change from a liquid to a solid when cold; 'Water freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit'.

(verb.) stop moving or become immobilized; 'When he saw the police car he froze'.

(verb.) be very cold, below the freezing point; 'It is freezing in Kalamazoo'.

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• This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In another day or two perhaps; this extreme mildness can hardly last longernay, perhaps it may freeze tonight! 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• And don't put thy feet in the stream because it will freeze them. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The heat necessary for this comes in part from the air and in part from the water in the test tube, and the water in the tube becomes in consequence cold enough to freeze. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It ain't good to freeze a empty stomach, Master. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• If I stay here much longer I will freeze, he thought, and that will be of no value. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Nobody got enough to eat; the bedclothes were too short and too thin; it was 28 degrees below zero, and the wash-water was frozen solid. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He had to stand and look at the frozen dead body that had been Gerald. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But in this evaporation great cold is produced and the water in the receiver is soon frozen. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• You are a frozen-faced . 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• At No. 12 a tumbler of whiskey is frozen solid by immersing a tube containing liquid air in it. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• My sweet little lady overwhelmed me with dismay; her air of native elegance froze my very marrow. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The suave aunt could not reconcile them; the daughters froze at the view of their quarrels. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• As I spoke he gave my wrist a convulsive grip; the smile on his lips froze: apparently a spasm caught his breath. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He did not speak or move, but the blotchy green of his countenance turned livid, and the froth froze upon his lips. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Till this moment I had listened with living joy--I had answered with gleeful quickness; a name froze me; three words struck me mute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Mr. Nairne, in 1777, was the first to discover the affinity that sulphuric acid had for water vapor, and in 1810 Leslie froze water by this means. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Because water loses heat when it freezes, the presence of large streams of water greatly influences the climate of a region. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• And she freezes the blood in his heart, and beclouds the light in his eye. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The plate system freezes the water on the exterior walls of hollow plates, which contain within them the freezing medium. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• On a cold winter night the water sometimes freezes in the water pipes, and the pipes burst. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The greater part of the debris and rubbish brought down from the mountain slopes by the spring rains owes its origin to the fact that water expands when it freezes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• One would think the night would be long enough, in this freezing silence and solitude, if one went to bed two hours hence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Winter seemed conquering her spring; the mind's soil and its treasures were freezing gradually to barren stagnation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A more scientific statement, however, is that the cold vapor absorbs the heat units of the water, and taking them away with it, lowers the temperature of the water to the freezing point. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• In winter the heat from the freezing water keeps the temperature of the surrounding higher than it would naturally be, and consequently the cold weather is less severe. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Now he's freezing! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• My Lady Dedlock, having conquered HER world, fell not into the melting, but rather into the freezing, mood. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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