mid-14c., "congealed by cold; turned to or covered with ice," past participle adjective from freeze (v.). Figurative use is from 1570s. Of assets, bank accounts, etc., from 1922.
权威例句
1. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through.
我双脚湿透,感觉都冻到骨头里了。
2. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
他说根据这些法规,赖斯先生的资产可能已经被冻结了。
3. One boy, aged about 11, looks frozen with fright.
一个大约11岁的男孩吓得一动不动。
4. It was bitterly cold now and the ground was frozen hard.
现在天气冷极了,地面都冻硬了。
5. The aid was frozen in June after intense lobbying by conservative Republicans.