freeze

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɹiːz/

Noun

A period of intensely cold weather. / A halt of a regular operation. / (computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.

Japanese Meaning

極寒の期間（非常に寒い天候が続く期間） / 通常の動作や運行の一時停止 / （コンピュータにおける）プログラムまたはシステム全体が入力に反応しなくなる状態

What is this buttons?

The unexpected freeze damaged many of the late-harvest vegetables.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

予期せぬ寒波で収穫が遅れた多くの野菜が傷んだ。

Details

Sense（1）

A period of intensely cold weather.

In order to work properly, the cotton stripper required that the plant be brown and brittle, as happened after a freeze, so that the cotton bolls could snap off easily.

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Sense（2）

A halt of a regular operation.

Without a freeze it might be possible to proceed with the production and deployment of such destabilizing systems as the MX, Trident II, cruise missiles and SS-18s, -19s and -20s.

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Sense（3）

(computing) The state when either a single computer program, or the whole system ceases to respond to inputs.

Sense（4）

The reason I said the guard wasn't the toughest shot in curling is because, in my book, that's a shot called the freeze. A stone thrown as a freeze comes perfectly to rest directly in front of another stone, without moving it (see Figure 10-5).

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