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凍結,冷凍,僵硬,freeze的過去式

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

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.]

Froze \Froze\,
   imp. of {Freeze}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

freeze
     n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
          a solid [syn: {freezing}]
     2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: {frost}]
     3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
        movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
        [syn: {halt}]
     4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
        freeze on hiring"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

freeze
     v 1: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: {boil}]
     2: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
        car he froze" [syn: {stop dead}]
     3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the
        air conditioning is turned on"
     4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
     5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
        "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: {suspend}]
     6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
        Kalamazoo"
     7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
        32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: {freeze out}, {freeze down}]
     8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
        "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: {block},
         {immobilize}, {immobilise}] [ant: {unblock}, {unblock}]
     9: anesthetize by cold
     10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
         her ex-husband"
     [also: {frozen}, {froze}]

froze
     See {freeze}