| 单词 | freezer |
| 释义 | freezer (once / 6318 pages) n A freezer is an appliance that keeps food frozen at extremely low temperatures. A household freezer is usually built into a refrigerator. It's where you keep your ice cream and ice cubes. The freezer is where you keep ice cubes and frozen peas — it's a compartment at the top (or bottom) of the refrigerator in your kitchen. Larger freezers are used to keep enough food for a long period of time, or so a restaurant, hotel, or school cafeteria can store leftover food or keep enough to cook for a crowd of people. The word freezer was coined in 1847, although it originally meant part of an ice cream maker. WORD FAMILYfreezer: freezers+/antifreeze: antifreezes/freeze: antifreeze, freezer, freezes, freezing, froze, frozen, unfreeze/freezing: freezings/frozen: frozenly, unfrozen/unfreeze: unfreezes, unfreezing, unfroze USAGE EXAMPLESThis week, however, I turned my attention to my own freezer for a winter stocktake, which revealed a fair bit about my family. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) “The walk-in cooler and freezer rule was negotiated, so we agreed to those levels,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Chill martini glasses in the freezer for at least 20 minutes before serving. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) n electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time Syn|Hyper Deepfreeze, deep freezer, deep-freeze electric refrigerator, fridge a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor |
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