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.
雙語例句
1. I've gotten my feet thoroughly soaked and feel frozen through and through.
我雙腳濕透,感覺都凍到骨頭里了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.