freeze

凍る、凍らせる

液体が冷えて固まる。または冷やして固める。

やさしい英語で： If a liquid becomes cold enough, it turns solid; you can also make this happen by cooling it.

• Water freezes when it gets cold enough.
• The pond froze overnight.
• Freeze some water to make ice cubes.

使い方： freeze into something (The water froze into a solid block.)

類義語： turn to ice, solidify

反対語： melt, thaw

よく使う表現： freeze solid, freeze water, freeze into ice

凍える

ひどく寒く感じる。

やさしい英語で： If you do this, you feel extremely cold.

• I'm freezing without my coat.
• We froze while we waited for the bus.
• You'll freeze if you go outside like that.

類義語： feel very cold

よく使う表現： freeze outside, freeze to death

氷点下になる

気温が摂氏零度より低くなる。

やさしい英語で： If the weather does this, the temperature falls below zero degrees Celsius.

• It will freeze tonight.
• It froze every night last week.
• Did it freeze while you were away?

使い方： it freezes (It often freezes here in January.)

よく使う表現： freeze overnight, freeze tonight

立ちすくませる、凍りつかせる

恐怖や衝撃などで、人を突然動けなくさせる。

やさしい英語で： To make someone stop moving suddenly, often because they are frightened or shocked.

• Fear froze him.
• The guard's shout froze everyone in place.
• That unexpected sound froze her to the spot.

使い方： freeze someone to the spot (The sudden scream froze her to the spot.)

類義語： paralyze, immobilize

よく使う表現： freeze someone, freeze someone still

厳寒、凍結

水が氷になるほど寒い時期。

やさしい英語で： A period of very cold weather when water turns to ice.

• A hard freeze damaged the plants.
• The freeze lasted for three days.
• Will our pipes survive another freeze?

類義語： cold spell

よく使う表現： hard freeze, deep freeze, winter freeze

凍結、一時停止

活動や変更を一時的に止める命令や決定。

やさしい英語で： An order or decision that temporarily stops an activity or prevents changes.

• The government announced a spending freeze.
• A freeze on building delayed our new home.
• When will the bank lift the freeze?

使い方： a freeze on something (The council announced a freeze on new construction.)

類義語： suspension, halt, moratorium

よく使う表現： temporary freeze, spending freeze, freeze on something

賃金凍結、採用凍結

賃上げや新たな採用を一時的に認めない措置。

やさしい英語で： A temporary rule preventing pay increases or the employment of new staff.

• The company announced a pay freeze.
• A hiring freeze left several jobs empty.
• Workers opposed the freeze on wages.

使い方： a freeze on pay/hiring (The company imposed a freeze on hiring.)

よく使う表現： pay freeze, hiring freeze, salary freeze, recruitment freeze

フリーズ

コンピューターやプログラムが操作に反応しなくなる状態。

やさしい英語で： A state in which a computer or program stops responding to what you do.

• A system freeze stopped my work.
• Restarting the computer fixed the freeze.
• Frequent freezes made the program difficult to use.

類義語： hang, lockup

よく使う表現： system freeze, computer freeze, screen freeze