| 单词 | to freeze out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto freeze out d. to freeze out: (of a plant) to die through freezing. U.S. ΚΠ 1872 Trans. Dep. Agric. Illinois 73 They [sc. strawberry plants] dry out and freeze out worse in a loose and well aerated sand. 1872 1st Rep. Vermont State Board Agric. 1871–2 128 Alsike luxuriates in damp soils, and will not freeze out as red clover. to freeze out 7. to freeze out: extracted from freezev. a. literal in past participle or participial adjective: see frozen adj. b. figurative (U.S. colloquial). To exclude from business, society, etc. by chilling behaviour, severe competition, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > exclude from society [verb (transitive)] seclude1498 refrain1547 ostracize1649 proscribe1680 to send (a person) to Coventry1765 taboo1791 blackball1821 blackbean1829 to freeze out1861 unworld1868 exostracize1872 boycott1880 1861 G. K. Wilder Diary (MS.) 20 July We finally froze him out. 1867 ‘M. Twain’ Amer. Drolleries (1875) 62 They would let that man go on and pay assessments,..and then they would close in on him and freeze him out. 1869 C. L. Brace New West v. 69 They can..lay assessments to bring a stock down to the lowest point, thus ‘freezing out’ the unhappy stockholders. 1890 Daily News 25 Jan. 2/2 Part of the campaign for ‘freezing out’ the Rosario Company. < as lemmas |
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