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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fro·zen DATE 14th century 1. a. treated, affected, or crusted over by freezing b. subject to long and severe cold the frozen north 2. a. incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : fixed ; specifically : debarred by official action from movement or from change in status frozen wages b. not available for present use frozen capital c. (1) drained or incapable of emotion (2) expressing or characterized by cold unfriendliness • fro·zen·ly adverb Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ frozen fro·zen / 5frEuzn; NAmE 5frouzn / adjective1. [usually before noun] (of food 食物) kept at a very low temperature in order to preserve it 冷冻的；冷藏的: frozen peas 冷冻豌豆 2. [not usually before noun] (of people or parts of the body 人或身体部份) extremely cold 冻僵；极冷: I'm absolutely frozen! 我简直冻僵了！ You look frozen stiff. 看来你冻僵了。 3. (of rivers, lakes, etc. 河、湖等) with a layer of ice on the surface 冰封的；封冻的；结冰的 4. (especially of ground 尤指地面) so cold that it has become very hard 冻硬的: The ground was frozen solid. 地面冻得硬邦邦的。 5. ~ with / in sth unable to move because of a strong emotion such as fear or horror 吓呆；惊呆: She stared at him, frozen with shock. 她惊呆了,直瞪着他。 ⇨ see also freeze v. Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fro·zen \ˈfrōzən\ adjective Etymology: Middle English frosen, alteration (influenced by fresen to freeze) of froren, from past participle of fresen to freeze — more at freeze 1. a. : congealed by cold : affected or crusted over by freezing < a frozen brook > b. : subject to frost or to long and severe cold : chilly < the frozen north > c. (1) : clogged with ice < frozen water pipes > (2) : injured or killed by cold < frozen plants > d. : chilled, refrigerated — used of foods prepared for the table < frozen custard > < frozen fruit salad > 2. a. (1) : not susceptible or responsive to feeling : drained or incapable of emotion : benumbed < frozen and bitter and visibly tortured by loneliness — Marcia Davenport > (2) : expressing coldness or unfriendliness : not heartfelt or sincere : impassive , frigid , mechanical , stiff < friends give you that frozen look — Clyde Martin > b. : incapable of being changed, moved, or undone : not subject to change or movement : not flexible, dynamic, or plastic : immobile , rigid , petrified, fixed < in the United States today institutions are not frozen — Zechariah Chafee > < a frozen social system > < stood frozen with terror > < thinks there should be no frozen agenda for any meeting — Kiplinger Washington Letter > specifically : debarred from change in status or from movement by law or other official action < workers are frozen in their jobs for the duration of the war > < prices and wages are frozen for the emergency > c. : not available for present use : not liquid < frozen inventories > < frozen capital > d. of a billiard ball : resting against another ball or a cushion e. : not subject to being taken unless a player holds a pair to match the top card in rank — used of the discard pile in canasta and related games • fro·zen·ly \-ənlē, -li\ adverb • fro·zen·ness \-ən(n)ə̇s\ noun -es |
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