1Of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body.

严寒之日。

外面很冷。

凛冽的寒风。

1. 1.1 (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold.
   （人）感觉冷的
   she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire

   她觉得冷，所以我又往火炉里添了些木柴。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • They'd rip the shirts off of their back for you if you were cold.
   • For the first time in months I was cold, the gentle caress of the breeze put a smile on my face for the first time in days.
   • We all slept together in the bed because we were so cold.
   • Her mother wore the jacket at her wedding - she was probably cold since it was October and she had just arrived from South Africa.
   • The author can bear witness as to how uncomfortable it can be once you are cold to the core and well off the shore in a stiffer wind than was expected.
   • He misinterpreted that to mean she was still cold, and gently began to rub her bare arms with the palms of his hands.
   • It has to be done at the time, whatever the conditions and however tired, wet and cold people may be.
   • At first the horse, called Beattie, could not walk because she was so cold, but after being wrapped in blankets she recovered.
   • I was really cold and wet by the time we got to the cafe.
   • The finest tackle in the world won't catch you fish if you are so cold and miserable that concentration has dropped as low as the temperature.
   • Rising gas prices are going to mean hungry and cold people all winter long.
   • I am very cold and tired and just wanted you guys to know I'm still alive.
   • Despite layers of thermal underwear and polar fleeces under my oilskins, I am so cold that I have lost all feeling in my right hand.
   • As the flights lasted up to eighteen hours disembarking passengers were invariably cold and uncomfortable.
   • When we are cold and uncomfortable, we tend to lose focus on the task at hand.
   • When they finally got there, John was very cold so Jamie built a fire for him.
   • And then I was really cold and I couldn't get up to make a hot-water bottle in case there was a scary thing in my kitchen.
   • She simply could not fathom that the heat in the entire building would not be turned back on just because she was cold.
   • It was sunbathing weather in Catania, but now we are cold, even in sweaters and jackets.
   • I quickly ran to him and wished him happy birthday and he in return hugged me and told me to sit in the blanket because I was very cold.

   Synonyms

   chilly, chilled, cool, freezing, frozen, frozen stiff, chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow, frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow, shivery, numbed, benumbed, suffering from hypothermia, hypothermic, suffering from exposure
2. 1.2 (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling.
   （食物，饮料）未热过的；热过后变凉的；冰冻的
   a cold drink

   冰镇饮料。

   serve hot or cold

   冷热皆宜。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • We used the response of many a Bulgarian to this comment, telling him that it is good for his skin to drink cold coffee.
   • I drank some more cold tea and goosebumps erupted all over my bare arms.
   • Wherever possible, ask that hot food is served piping hot and ensure that cold food has been kept cool.
   • A superb buffet was then served with a selection of cold food and good Lancashire hot-pot.
   • Then in the evening we strolled over Tower Bridge and drank cold beers by the river at Butlers' Wharf.
   • Fears about smells and litter mean the only cafe on the beach would be limited to ice cream and cold food.
   • I've got a presentation to prepare and a sitting-room full of cold curry and empty drink cans.
   • You can choose all kinds of salads, hot and cold dishes and fruits, cakes and ice creams.
   • Tea is almost always consumed hot, as people in Kazakhstan think that drinking cold beverages will make one sick.
   • The second rule is only to serve cold soups when it is hot outside, so the first sip does not induce hypothermia.
   • After the roast dinner on Sunday cold meat was served on Monday with mashed potato and vegetables.
   • There is a display cabinet with wrapped sandwiches, salads (mackerel or ham) and cold puddings.
   • Shortly after his release from captivity, he contemplates his pique at being served cold soup.
   • Melvin waved hello to her, as he sat at the table with Bill, eating cold pizza and drinking flat soda.
   • Demand for cold convenience foods and drinks were hit by the wet conditions later in the month.
   • Cream teas, ice creams and cold drinks will be served throughout the afternoon.
   • Serve with crusty buns topped with any cold meat you may have on hand.
   • Less well known is ocrochka, a cold soup made of potatoes, egg, ham, green onion, dill and cucumber in a milky base.
   • For a refreshing cold drink during summer boil half a cup of grated ginger and one cup of sugar in two cups of water.
   • Soft drinks and hot and cold food will also be available.
3. 1.3 Feeling or characterized by fear or horror.
   感到（或令人）不寒而栗的
   a cold shiver of fear

   不寒而栗。

   he suddenly went cold with a dreadful certainty

   意识到必然的可怕结局，他突然感到毛骨悚然。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Kassa looked into her and locker and ignored the cold feeling of fear that swept over her.
   • I'm sure most GMs know the cold horror of watching from behind your screen as the group charge off after an irrelevant plot point.
   • Its presence set a shiver of apprehension down the warrior's spine, and cold fear bubbling in his stomach.
   • Then the cold hard brutal horror had begun to hit home with him.
   • His fingers tightened around Xavier's hand and Xavier could feel the cold fear in his blood.
   • She was here for every child who saw their parent turn upon them, for every boy and girl who felt the cold grip of fear as a man called to them on a secluded footpath.
   • Usually, I had no fear of flying, but at that instant, the cold grip of fear clutched at my heart.
   • She felt rooted to the spot, her disappointment and fear a cold, hard knot in the pit of her stomach.
   • The night before, for the first time since the Sars outbreak in Singapore, I felt cold fear.
   • I know that sense of dread that so many children will feel: that cold fear as Sunday draws to an end and Monday morning looms.
   • Then as quick as it had came, confusion transformed into cold fear as she turned to the stranger.
   • I saw again the white life I'd took instead of the black, and I went cold with a fear that I'd been wrong.
   • I've seen several pieces of footage of such monkey hunts and they all elicit the same cold gnawing fear in my gut.
   • Even a day later, just thinking about the interview gives me cold shivers down my spine.
   • I felt my bowels twist and a cold arm of horror shoot up my spine and grab my neck.
   • A cold fear rose in my throat as I pondered the possible origins of such evil.
   • Dutifully, we step on the correct train and go home to the overdraft statement, or the divorce petition, or the cold fear that our kid may be a junkie.
   • Feeling the cold touch of fear grip his heart, the crook drank deeply from the scotch in his glass.
   • So far, however, it does not appear to have hurt the company or reduced shareholders to fits of cold shivers.
   • Taking a step back, Joel felt a cold fear clutch at his chest as he forced himself to breathe.
4. 1.4informal Unconscious.
   〈非正式〉失去知觉的；不省人事的
   she was out cold

   她昏过去了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Usually this would have knocked a normal man out cold, but Paul was obviously not normal.
   • They discovered their mum was out cold and unable to respond.
   • He slides down the wood beam, out cold but still juddering.
   • The man threw up an arm to ward him off, but Quin swept it aside and knocked him out cold with a single blow.
   • The painkillers had knocked her out cold and she lay in a deep, unbroken sleep.
   • Really, she'll be out cold for at least another couple of hours.
   • Then they turned to see that David was still out cold but the other two were looking confused as to where they were.
   • I had to wait for the right moment to use a move I was sure would knock him out cold.
   • It was enough to send us into happiness, and to knock Spurs out cold.
   • She came back a while ago, and now she's asleep, only I can't tell if she's asleep or out cold.
   • Molly is still out cold, but her brother is already awake and very talkative.
   • It seems that one time a golf ball struck by Mr Hastings landed straight on some unfortunate man's head, knocking him out cold for a few minutes.
   • Four with respiratory diseases were on the same examination table, out cold from anesthesia.
   • Fortunately, Rooibush tea has an extreme effect on me, and can knock me out cold within 20 minutes.
   • I must have been knocked out cold because I didn't even hear Anna talking to Blair when he came by.
   • That gave him the opportunity to tackle Anthony down again, knocking him out cold.
   • However, the book knocked the assassin out cold so all they had to do was tie the man up and cart him off.
   • My votes will go to the candidates that can intellectually knock the others out cold.
   • The poor sap never even knew what hit him, since the blow knocked him out cold.
   • The only solution to that problem would be setting it back in place, and luckily, the boy was still out cold.

   Synonyms

   unconscious, knocked out, out for the count, ko'd, insensible, comatose, senseless
5. 1.5 Dead.
   死的
   lying cold and stiff in a coffin

   冷冰冰、直挺挺地躺在棺材里。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Neither of us said a word as we watched the bright flame devour the cold, stiff copse of our dead son.

   Synonyms

   dead, deceased, defunct, departed, late, extinct, perished, gone, no more, passed away, passed on, stiff, dead as a doornail, as dead as a doornail

2Lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional.

他是多么精明冷酷啊。

冷漠的黑眼睛。

冷冰冰的礼节。

1. 2.1 Not affected by emotion; objective.
   冷静的；客观的
   cold statistics

   客观的统计数据。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • What you need is a dose of cold reality, followed by a couple of weeks living on an inner city council estate.
   • On the one hand it was extorted by the terrible price of the Warsaw Uprising, while on the other by a cold look at the horrors of war.
   • Statistics can be used to say anything, but always appear relentless and objective and cold.
   • Their victory had been a triumph of cold logic over raw emotion.
   • On one hand, the seekers must be cold, impersonal, testing each theory mercilessly.
   • Spare a thought for the machinations of the global economy and the cold statistics we hear and read so much.
2. 2.2 Sexually unresponsive; frigid.
   性冷淡的；无性欲的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Those with a flat, narrow mount of Venus girdled by the Life Line are cold and unresponsive.
   • Sexual or cold, scheming or honest, Huston seems as driven to triumph as Lily is.
3. 2.3 Depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth.
   令人沮丧的；扫兴的；灰蒙蒙的
   a cold light streamed through the window

   黯淡的光线泻进了窗户。

   the cold, impersonal barrack-room

   阴沉而缺少人气的营房。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Suddenly the room felt like a hospital room again, cold, silent and impersonal.
   • I would much rather that than the cold impersonality we had going on right now.
   • It's a cold and clinical design that has none of the warmth and charm of its predecessor.
   • Joel Shapiro is best known for humanizing the cold, impersonal forms of Minimalism.
   • He then walks out of the antiseptic and cold room, closing the door behind him.
   • Balthazar said, motioning for them to follow him through the cold, sterile airport.
   • London's image to many is cold, wealthy and impersonal, but its real history is of revolt and subversion.
   • The old resorts are seen as melancholy places where the skies are perpetually cloudy and the beaches cold and windswept.
   • Thus, when one side was bathed in light and warmth, the other would be a cold, dismal place shrouded in darkness.
4. 2.4 (of a color) containing pale blue or gray.
   （颜色）含浅蓝（或浅灰）色的
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Moments later the craft was in the air and the planet below them was shining with streaks of bright red and cold blue.
   • Her black hair, tall frame and dark, cold blue eyes, and everything clicked.
   • Grey is the cold neutral colour; many languages identify it with blue or green.
   • Super-important sci-fi movies always show the future as slate gray and cold blue.
   • I recognized the pale blond hair and cold blue eyes as those of Ashton James.
   • The stranger turns around and offers me a hand up, cold blue eyes meeting mine.
   • His face was flawless, oddly familiar but never the less flawless, his eyes a clear, if not cold, blue.
   • They were an icy blue, a blue so cold and intense that Erin was certain that he could see through her.
   • Some people think blue is a cold colour, but it doesn't have to be.
   • As for the cold colour palette, a pink blouse matched with a grey knee-length skirt will show your authority.
   • They seemed to almost cloud over before the whites of his eyes flashed a cold blue.
   • A few seconds later, the light died and they saw Mark standing still, his eyes blazed a cold blue.
   • King Sila was a hard, stern man with cold blue eyes and dark hair, flecked with grey.
   • In fact the only thing he knew for certain at this point was that the floor was grey, and a cold grey at that.
   • His eyes opened, revealing cold blue orbs, sparkling with an inner light.
   • His eyes were a dark, cold blue, but it didn't seem to darken his appearance at all.
   • The snow seemed amazingly white against the cold grey of an Ontario winter sky.
   • His eyes were a cold shade of blue, something that made you want to pull your jacket tighter to yourself.
   • Sara's ears had already begun to point and her eyes were glowing a cold blue.
   • The only notable difference was the fact that this girl had hazel eyes while the inquisitor girl had cold blue.
5. 2.5 Ineffective in playing a game.
   Butler capitalized on Xavier's cold shooting

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It has been a while, but there have been days when the top perimeter shooters have been cold.
   • The Clan were cold to begin the game and unable to hit their shots.
   • The only warm-weather team left in the play-offs went cold in its biggest game of the year.

3(of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow.

嗅迹已隐淡了。

1. 3.1 (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought, as opposed to warm or nearing success.
   （儿童游戏中）远离目标的；远未猜中的

4Without preparation or rehearsal; unawares.

没有准备就去考试。

1A low temperature, especially in the atmosphere; cold weather; a cold environment.

我冷得牙齿直打颤。

他们几乎冻死了。

2A common viral infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, a sore throat, and other similar symptoms.

Completely; entirely.