A fridge-freezer is one tall kitchen machine with two jobs in one body: a fridge (the cool part that keeps food fresh for days) and a freezer (the much colder part that makes food ice-hard for months).

A fridge-freezer是 fridge-freezer is one tall kitchen machine一台高高的廚房機器 with two jobs in one body一個身體裡有兩種功能: a fridge一個是fridge冷藏室 (the cool part that keeps food fresh for days)（讓食物保鮮好幾天的涼爽部分）and和 a freezer一個是freezer冷凍室 (the much colder part that makes food ice-hard for months)（更冷、能讓食物結冰好幾個月的部分）。

In British English this is the ordinary name for the big box in the kitchen. The freezer may sit on top or below, or the two parts may stand side by side.

In British English在英式英文裡 this這 is the ordinary name是普通的說法 for the big box in the kitchen廚房裡那個大箱子的。The freezer冷凍室 may sit on top or below可能在上面也可能在下面, or或者 the two parts兩個部分 may stand side by side也可能並排站著。

In American English people more often say refrigerator, even when it has a freezer inside. Shops also write fridge freezer with no hyphen; it is the same thing.

In American English在美式英文裡 people人們 more often say更常說 refrigerator「冰箱」, even when即使 it has a freezer inside裡面有冷凍室也一樣。Shops商店 also也會 write寫成 fridge freezer沒有連字號的fridge freezer with no hyphen; it這 is the same thing是一樣的東西。

It is a home word, not a technical one. People stretch “fridge” to mean the whole machine, but a fridge-freezer is the honest name when both parts are there.

It它 is a home word是個家常用字, not a technical one不是專業術語。People有人 stretch會把 “fridge”「fridge」 to mean拿來指 the whole machine整台機器, but但 a fridge-freezer而fridge-freezer is the honest name才是老實的名字 when both parts are there當兩個部分都有的時候。