seize up

動詞

比喩的用法筋肉機械

(figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt. / (of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move. / (of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.

日本語の意味

（比喩的に）機能や動作が停止すること。 / 筋肉などが硬直し、動かしにくくなること。 / 機械などが突然故障し、再始動できなくなること。

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When the meeting got heated, his brain seemed to seize up and he couldn't think of anything to say.

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意味（1）

(figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt.

Iceland's foreign currency market has seized up after the three largest banks collapsed.

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意味（2）

(of muscles) To stiffen or become tight and difficult to move.

It was hard to write as my fingers had seized up with the cold weather.

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意味（3）

(of a machine) To stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.

My car seized up this morning. So I had to catch the bus.

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seizes up

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seizing up

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seized up

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seized up

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