A freeze-frame is when a moving picture — a film, a video, a DVD — stops on one still shot and stays there.

freeze-frameA freeze-frame is when 指當一段會動的畫面a moving picture——像電影、影片、DVDa film, a video, a DVD——停在某一格靜止畫面上stops on one still shot 而且and 停在那裡不動stays there。

The action does not keep going; you just look at that one picture. People do this to read a sign in the background, to study a sports play, or, in film work, to make time look as if it has stopped.

動作The action 不會繼續進行does not keep going；你就只是看著那一格畫面you just look at that one picture。人們People 這麼做是為了do this to 看清背景裡的一個標誌read a sign in the background，研究一個運動場上的動作to study a sports play，或者or, 在電影製作裡in film work, 讓時間看起來像停住了to make time look as if it has stopped。

You can also use it as a verb: freeze-frame the scene. The word can mean the stopped picture itself.

它也可以當動詞用You can also use it as a verb：freeze-frame the scene就是freeze-frame the scene。這個詞The word 也可以指那格停住的畫面本身can mean the stopped picture itself。

Though actually, on a phone most people just say pause. Freeze-frame is more at home with films and DVDs, and with the idea of holding one frame — one little picture in the chain that makes a moving image.

不過其實Though actually，在手機上on a phone 大部分人只會說pausemost people just say pause。Freeze-frameFreeze-frame is 比較常用在電影和DVD上more at home with films and DVDs，而且and 跟「定住一格畫面」這個概念有關with the idea of holding one frame——也就是構成動態影像那一連串裡的一小格畫面one little picture in the chain that makes a moving image。