English Dictionary

freeze

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɹiːz/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

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

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

予期せぬ寒波で収穫が遅れた多くの野菜が傷んだ。

意味（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.

意味（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.

意味（3）

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

意味（4）

(curling) A precise draw weight shot where a delivered stone comes to a stand-still against a stationary stone, making it nearly impossible to knock out.

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).

意味（5）

(business, finance) A block on pay rises or on the hiring of new employees etc.

a hiring freeze; a pay freeze

freezes （ plural ）