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

• And yet it happens that the machinery jams, the gears seize up.
  然而，所发生的这一切，让司法机器发生了故障，司法的齿轮卡住了。
• If you fail to oil the engine regularly, it could seize up without warning.
  如果你不定期给机器加油，它随时可能停止运转。
• 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。
• 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。
• If the lubrication system is not functioning properly, the working parts may seize up.
  在润滑系统作用失常时，运转部件可能卡住。
• It was their sudden withdrawal that caused the market in asset backed commercial paper ( ABCP) to seize up.
  正是由于短期债券的突然撤出才导致了资产支持商业票据的失灵。
• Weapons will jam and misfire, cannons will seize up and explode as the field of conflict becomes strewn with the bodies of wounded and dying men, lacerated and dismembered by pike, bayonet and shot.
  武器将拥挤成肉搏战，以致难以开火，加农炮将失灵和爆炸，此时战场冲突拖曳着受伤者和垂死者的身躯，已被长枪、刺刀、子弹所划破和肢解。
• Without a credit boom, the bursting of the bubble does not cause the financial system to seize up and so does much less damage.
  没有信贷繁荣，泡沫破裂就不会造成金融体系失灵，造成的危害也就会小得多。
• The engineers, being a conservative bunch, thought that after a few thousand steps the motor would seize up.
  那些工程师们是一伙保守人士，认为移动几千步以后电机就会失灵。
• 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。