freezing
adjective,adverb
uk/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/us/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/B1
extremelycold:
极冷的It's freezing in here - can Iclosethewindow?这儿冷极了——我把窗户关上可以吗？
Theysurvivedfor fourhoursin the freezingwater.他们在冰冷的水中存活了4个小时。
Afterwalkingthrough thesnow, myfeetwere freezing.走过雪地后，我的双脚都冻僵了。
I had towaitforhourson the freezingcoldstationplatform.我不得不在寒冷彻骨的站台上等了好几个小时。
Synonyms
Arcticfigurative
biting(COLD)
bitter(COLD)
glacial(ICE/COLD)
feeling cold
- coldYour hands are cold!
- feel the coldShe's someone who feels the cold, that's why she's always bundled up.
- chillyThe sun's gone down and now I feel quite chilly.
- freezingShut the windows, I'm freezing!
- frozenMy nose is frozen after that walk - I should have worn a scarf.
having temperature lower than what is comfortable
- coldBrr, it's cold outside!
- bitterWrap up warmly - it's bitter outside!
- freezingIt's absolutely freezing in here!
- bitingA biting wind blew in her face as she opened the door.
- icyAn icy wind whistled across the plain.
- It's freezingcoldtoday.
- So Rogerspentthenightin a freezinggarage, did he? That'llteachhim to go out without hishousekeys!
- Come in - you must be freezing out there!
- I haven't got mycoatand I'm freezing.
- It was freezing as wewalkedhomelastnight.
Cold
- Baltic
- be (as) cold as iceidiom
- bitter
- bitterly
- bone-chilling
- cold snap
- coldness
- cooling
- crispness
- dank
- frozen
- glacial
- nuclear winter
- perished
- polar vortex
- post-glacial
- refrigerated
- sharpness
- stone-cold
- ultracold
freezing
adjective
uk/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/us/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/turningtoice:
结冰的，冰冻的Freezingfogandicypatchesareexpectedtocauseproblemsformotoriststonight.冰雾和结冰的路面今晚可能会给驾车者造成麻烦。
- Mists, freezingfogsandsnowarecommonin thisarea.
- Most of thecountryisexperiencingunseasonalfreezingtemperaturesandstrongwinds.
- Afierce, freezingwindwhippedtorrentialrainintotheirfaces.
- In these freezingconditions, thebirdsrely onhouseholdersfortheirfoodandwatereveryday.
- Ourfaceswerestungby theicywindand freezingrain.
Precipitation: snow & ice
- anti-icing
- antifreeze
- avalanche
- be snowed inidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- glaciation
- glacier
- glaciology
- hail
- iceberg
- icicle
- pack ice
- sleet
- slush
- snowflake generation
- snowpack
- snowstorm
- terminal moraine
- thundersnow
- unfreeze
freezing
noun[U]
uk/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/us/ˈfriː.zɪŋ/(alsofreezing point)thetemperature(0°C) at whichwaterbecomesice:
冰点Thetemperaturewas below freezing for most of theday.白天大部分时间里温度都在零摄氏度以下。
Miscellaneous units of measurement
- acre
- acreage
- caloric
- dioptre
- farad
- fathom
- firkin
- flashpoint
- hectare
- Hz
- joule
- MHz
- molar
- newton
- radian
- refractive index
- Scoville scale
- sievert
- torr
- watt