a. 冰冻的, 冷冻用的, 严寒的

[化] 冻结; 冻结作用; 凝固; 凝固作用

[医] 脱水冷冻法

[经] 冻结

[ noun ]
the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid
<noun.process>

Freeze \Freeze\, v. i. [imp. {Froze} (fr[=o]z); p. p. {Frozen}
(fr[=o]"z'n); 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.]


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.