To refrigerate something is to make it cold in a refrigerator so it lasts — milk, leftovers, medicine that must stay cool. You are not turning it to ice; you are holding it at fridge temperature.

To refrigerate something is to make it cold in a refrigerator so it lastsrefrigerate某個東西，就是把它放進冰箱冷藏，讓它可以放久一點 milk, leftovers, medicine that must stay cool像是牛奶、剩菜、需要保持低溫的藥 You are not turning it to ice你不是要把它變成冰 you are holding it at fridge temperature而是讓它維持在冰箱冷藏的溫度

Cooks, doctors, and food labels use the word, and it sounds a little more formal than “put it in the fridge.” Though actually, English (and Taiwanese kitchens) keep two colds apart: refrigerate is the fridge; freeze is the freezer. If a bottle says “refrigerate after opening,” it means the fridge shelf, not the ice box.

Cooks, doctors, and food labels use the word廚師、醫生、還有食品標籤上都會用這個字 it sounds a little more formal than "put it in the fridge."聽起來比「put it in the fridge」正式一點 Though actually, English (and Taiwanese kitchens) keep two colds apart不過其實英文（還有台灣的廚房）會把兩種「冷」分開 refrigerate is the fridge; freeze is the freezerrefrigerate是冷藏、freeze是冷凍 If a bottle says "refrigerate after opening," it means the fridge shelf, not the ice box如果瓶子上寫「refrigerate after opening」，意思是要放冷藏層，不是冷凍庫

People say the short verb less often than they say fridge, but on packets and in lab talk refrigerate is the usual choice.

People say the short verb less often than they say fridge大家講refrigerate這個動詞的頻率，沒有講fridge那麼高 but on packets and in lab talk refrigerate is the usual choice但在包裝上和實驗室用語裡，refrigerate才是常用的說法