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freezing

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冰凍的,冷凍用的,嚴寒的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Freezing \Freez"ing\, a.
   Tending to freeze; for freezing; hence, cold or distant in
   manner. -- {Frrez"ing*ly}, adv.

   {Freezing machine}. See {Ice machine}, under {Ice}.

   {Freezing mixture}, a mixture (of salt and snow or of
      chemical salts) for producing intense cold.

   {Freezing point}, that degree of a thermometer at which a
      fluid begins to freeze; -- applied particularly to water,
      whose freezing point is at 32[deg] Fahr., and at 0[deg]
      Centigrade.

Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze}; p. p. {Frozen}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Freezing}.] [OE. fresen, freosen, AS. fre['o]san;
   akin to D. vriezen, OHG. iosan, G. frieren, Icel. frjsa, Sw.
   frysa, Dan. fryse, Goth. frius cold, frost, and prob. to L.
   prurire to itch, E. prurient, cf. L. prna a burning coal,
   pruina hoarfrost, Skr. prushv[=a] ice, prush to spirt. ? 18.
   Cf. {Frost}.]
   1. To become congealed by cold; to be changed from a liquid
      to a solid state by the abstraction of heat; to be
      hardened into ice or a like solid body.

   Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] above zero by Fahrenheit's
         thermometer; mercury freezes at 40[deg] below zero.

   2. To become chilled with cold, or as with cold; to suffer
      loss of animation or life by lack of heat; as, the blood
      freezes in the veins.

   {To freeze up} (Fig.), to become formal and cold in demeanor.
      [Colloq.]

資料來源 : WordNet®

freezing
     n : the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
         a solid [syn: {freeze}]
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