seize up

英 [siːz ʌp]

美 [siːz ʌp]

（身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而）发僵，无法动弹; （发动机等）停止运转，发生故障

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (身体某部分因紧张或上了年纪而)发僵，无法动弹
  If a part of your bodyseizes up, it suddenly stops working, because you have strained it or because you are getting old.
  1. After two days' exertions, it's the arms and hands that seize up, not the legs...
     两天的辛苦劳累过后，发僵的是胳膊和双手，腿倒没事。
  2. We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
     我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活，但随着年龄的增长，手脚会变得有些僵硬。
• PHRASAL VERB (发动机等)停止运转，发生故障
  If something such as an engineseizes up, it stops working, because it has not been properly cared for.
  1. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
     她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。

双语例句

• My joints seize up in the cold weather.
  天气寒冷，我的关节都冻僵了。
• The Chinese leadership is scared to death about the consequences if the domestic credit markets were to seize up as they have in other places, according to people familiar with the debate.
  据一位知情人士表示，假如中国信贷市场象其它地方那样冻结，中国领导层对由此产生的后果是会吓坏的。
• Still, the fad machine is unlikely to seize up any time soon, and eternal vigilance is required to monitor its output.
  不过，制造时尚的机器任何时候都不太可能很快失灵，我们需要对它的产物永远保持警惕。
• I go faster and the engines seize up.
  一旦加速，引擎就会失灵的。
• We are all born flexible but as we grow older, we tend to seize up a little.
  我们刚生下来时身体都很灵活，但随着年龄的增长，手脚会变得有些僵硬。
• Its problem is not a lack of resources, but the political unwillingness of Member States to finance each other when markets seize up.
  它的问题不是缺乏资金，而是在市场失灵时各成员国缺乏互相融资的政治意愿。
• Perhaps you could engage a taxi driver in a minute of conversation before you seize up.
  或许你可以与出租车司机聊上1分钟，然后就张口结舌了。
• She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol, into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
  她往油箱里加了些柴油而不是汽油，致使发动机发生故障。
• Your engine will seize up if you don't put some more oil in.
  你再不加些润滑油，发动机就要卡住了。
• But if depositors all demanded their cash at once, the banking system would fail and the economy seize up overnight.
  但如果所有储户同时提取现金，银行体系就会崩溃，经济也将在一夜之间停止运转。