| 释义 |
quick-freeze, v.|ˈkwɪkfriːz|
Also written as one word.
[f. quick adv. + freeze v.]
trans. To freeze (perishable material) rapidly so that it can be stored at a low temperature for a long time. Also absol.
1930Popular Science Sept. 27/2 Obviously, it would take longer to quick-freeze a six-pound cut of beef than a half-pound fillet. 1940Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 20 Mar. 1/5 The range of food which can be quick⁓frozen has.. brought a variety of business combinations into the field. 1957Daily Mail 5 Sept. 11/5 In Florida..they are quick-freezing water-melon concentrate..and making it available to any hospital anywhere in the country. 1959Times 4 Nov. 23/11 (heading) Crosse & Blackwell to quick-freeze. 1967Heretaunga Plains (School Publications Branch, N.Z.) 48/1 Fifteen tons of raspberries were quickfrozen and two more tons processed.
Hence ˈquick-freeze attrib., that consists of or is used for quick-freezing; also absol.; ˈquick-freezing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; ˈquick-frozen ppl. a.
1930Popular Science Sept. 26/1 Clarence B. Birdseye..succeeded in placing quick-frozen fish on the market. Ibid. (caption) Oysters, sealed in a package, are turned solid by quick-freeze process. 1932Sun (Baltimore) 26 May 29/2 The comparatively new process known as quick-freezing. 1940Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 20 Mar. 1/5 Quick-frozen foods..are rapidly becoming an important part of the American food production and distribution scene. 1943J. S. Huxley TVA 103 TVA research has also led to the marketing of new types of quick-freezing machinery. 1945Nelson & Wright Tomorrow's House vi. 74/2 A kitchen..will almost inevitably have a quick-freeze unit. 1950Times 27 Feb. 4/5 No points are now needed for canned pork and some other imported ready-cooked and quick-frozen meats. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 514/2 Set the dial at ‘maximum’ or ‘quick freeze’ about an hour before the mixture is ready. 1959Times 4 Nov. 23/11 The plant..would provide some quick freezing facilities..to enable the company to enter the quick freezing field on a limited scale. 1965Supermarket & Self-Service (Johannesburg) June/July 13/3 Quick-frozen polywrapped broilers. 1973Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) 3 Aug. 3/2 The processing and quick-freezing of prawns. 1976Woman's Day (U.S.) Nov. 95/1 Another argument against performing a biopsy..is that it depends on quick-frozen sections of the suspicious tissue. |