English Dictionary

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。

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

会議が白熱すると、彼の頭は固まって何も考えられなくなった。

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.

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.

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.

seizes up （ present singular third-person ）

seizing up （ participle present ）

seized up （ participle past ）

seized up （ past ）