Congeal
[kən'dʒiːl] or [kən'dʒil]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To change from a fluid to a solid state by cold; to freeze.
(v. t.) To affect as if by freezing; to check the flow of, or cause to run cold; to chill.
(v. i.) To grow hard, stiff, or thick, from cold or other causes; to become solid; to freeze; to cease to flow; to run cold; to be chilled.
杰拉尔丁校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Freeze, make solid by cold, turn to ice.
v. n. Freeze, be frozen, turn to ice.
校對:莱利亚
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Freeze, benumb, congelate
ANT:Thaw, relax, melt, chafe, dissolve
編輯:内尔达
解釋/意思:
v.t. to freeze: to change from fluid to solid by cold: to solidify as by cold.—v.i. to pass from fluid to solid as by cold: to stiffen: to coagulate.—adj. Congeal′able.—ns. Congeal′ableness; Congeal′ment Congelā′tion act or process of congealing: anything congealed.
卡斯特罗校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Extreme cold winds congeal the surface of the earth by carrying off its fire. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Lessening of the atmospheric pressure upon water causes its evaporation, and as the vapour is quietly absorbed by the sulphuric acid the water is quickly congealed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Strange, congealed, icy substance--no more. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- As I was thus occupied, chill horror congealed my blood, making my flesh quiver and my hair to stand on end. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- You have read this strange and terrific story, Margaret; and do you not feel your blood congealed with horror, like that which even now curdles mine? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Besides, I was out of practice in talking to him: his reserve was again frozen over, and my frankness was congealed beneath it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- This reflection thawed my congealing blood, and again the tide of life and love flowed impetuously onward, again to ebb as my busy thoughts changed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- So cold, so cold, a heavy, bruising cold pressing on his arms from outside, and a heavier cold congealing within him, in his heart and in his bowels. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
丹尼校對