1 ADJ-GRADED 冷的;冰凉的 Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. 冷的;冰凉的
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Rinse the vegetables under cold running water.
用凉的自来水清洗这些蔬菜。
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He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold.
他想要杯不凉不热的茶。
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Your dinner's getting cold.
你的饭快凉了。
2 ADJ-GRADED (天气或地方)冷的,寒冷的 If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low. (天气或地方)冷的,寒冷的
SYN chilly, biting, freezing, bitter
3 N-UNCOUNT [oft the NOUN] 冷;寒冷 Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to as the cold . 冷;寒冷
SYN coldness, chill, frigidity, chilliness
4 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] (人)感觉冷的,寒冷的 If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature. (人)感觉冷的,寒冷的
SYN freezing, frozen, chilled, numb
Usage Note :
If you want to emphasize how cold the weather is, you can say that it is freezing, especially in winter when there is ice or frost. In summer, if the temperature is below average, you can say that it is cool. In general, cold suggests a lower temperature than cool, and cool things may be pleasant or refreshing. A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there. If it is very cool or too cool, you can also say that it is chilly.
如果要强调天气冷,尤其是在冬天有冰或霜时,可以说 freezing。在夏天,如果气温低于平均气温,可以说 cool。一般来说,cold 表示的温度比 cool 低,cool 含有舒服或凉爽之意:A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there (一阵凉爽的微风拂过海面,让人感觉外面十分舒服)。如果天气很凉甚至太凉,可以用 chilly。
5 ADJ [usually ADJ n] (食物)凉的,冷的 Cold food, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot. (食物)凉的,冷的
6 ADJ-GRADED (色彩或光)冷的,冷色调的 Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness. (色彩或光)冷的,冷色调的
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Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.
通常,绘画中暖色调为近感色,而冷色调为远感色。
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...the cold blue light from a streetlamp.
街灯发出的幽幽蓝光
7 ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;冷酷的;不热情的 A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold, they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way. 冷淡的;冷酷的;不热情的 [disapproval]
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What a cold, unfeeling woman she was.
她真是个冷酷无情的女人!
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'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.
“把她打发走。”伊芙冷酷无情地说道。
8 ADJ-GRADED (痕迹或气味)已变淡的 A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow. (痕迹或气味)已变淡的
9 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ] 远未猜中的 If you say that someone is cold when they are trying to guess the answer to a question or puzzle, you mean that they are thinking about it in the wrong way and are going to give a wrong answer. 远未猜中的
10 N-COUNT 感冒;伤风 If you have a cold, you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough. 感冒;伤风
12 PHRASE 患感冒 If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold. 患感冒
13 PHRASE 未能打动;未能激起…的兴趣 If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you. 未能打动;未能激起…的兴趣
14 PHRASE 昏迷的;失去知觉的;睡得很沉的 If someone is out cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily. 昏迷的;失去知觉的;睡得很沉的
SYN unconscious, out, knocked out, stunned
15 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb, verb-link PHRASE] 被忽视;受冷落 If you say that a person, group, or country has been left out in the cold, you mean that they have been ignored by others rather than being invited to take part in some activity with them. 被忽视;受冷落
16 in cold blood→see: blood to get cold feet→see: foot to blow hot and cold→see: hot to pour cold water on something→see: water
ThesaurusWord PartnershipWord LinkWord Link
Thesaurus | cold Also look up: |
ADJ. | bitter, chilly, cool, freezing, frozen, raw; (ant.) hot, warm 1 2 cool, distant; (ant.) friendly, warm 7 |
Word Partnership | Use cold with: |
N. | cold air, dark and cold, cold night, cold rain, cold water, cold weather, cold wind 1 2 |
ADV. | bitterly cold 1 2 freezing cold 1 2 3 |
VERB. | feel cold, get cold 1 2 3 catch/get a cold 10 12 |
Word Link | er ≈ more : colder, higher, larger |
Word Link | est ≈ most : coldest, highest, largest |
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