mid-14c., "congealed by cold; turned to or covered with ice," past participle adjective from freeze (v.). Figurative use is from 1570s. Of assets, bank accounts, etc., from 1922.
雙語例句
1. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through.
我雙腳濕透,感覺都凍到骨頭里了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他說根據(jù)這些法規(guī),賴斯先生的資產可能已經(jīng)被凍結了。
來自柯林斯例句
3. One boy, aged about 11, looks frozen with fright.
一個大約11歲的男孩嚇得一動不動。
來自柯林斯例句
4. It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard.
現(xiàn)在天氣冷極了,地面都凍硬了。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.