| 单词 | to freeze over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto freeze over b. With adverbs. to freeze over: to cover with a coating of ice. to freeze in, up: to set fast in ice. to freeze up: to obstruct by frost. ΚΠ 1603 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Hist. Descr. Worlde 146 The riuers and other waters are frozen vppe a yearde or more thicke. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 433 The Ozera or lake before the toune was frozen over Octob. 13. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 315 Though..all the Conduits of my blood [be] froze vp. View more context for this quotation 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 28 Anvile, Smith's Tongs, and other Tools belonging to the Cookery were frozen up in the Ice. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 348 The Baltick would be frozen up. 1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 105 His Ship..was froze up. 1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 154 By the ninth the Creek was froze over from Side to Side. 1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xvi. 164 Six vessels lay frozen in, at a considerable distance from the town. < as lemmas |
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