Definition of cold-blooded in English:

cold-blooded

adjective ˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdˌkoʊldˈblədɪd

1Denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic.
（动物）冷血的；冷血动物的
Example sentencesExamples
- Most reptiles have three-chambered hearts, a design that makes them cold-blooded.
- Fish are cold-blooded and breathe underwater using gills; whales, on the other hand, maintain a warm and constant body temperature.
- In genes of cold-blooded animals, plants, and unicellular organisms, these regularities are weaker and often not consistent.
- One species of bacterium sickens cattle, for example, while another attacks frogs, fishes, and other cold-blooded animals.
- Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the sun and staying in the water at night.
- For example, one might think that skeletal growth rates would be higher for an endothermic animal than for an ectothermic, or cold-blooded, one.
- While most mammals and birds show signs of REM sleep, reptiles and other cold-blooded animals do not.
- Butterflies are cold-blooded and bask in the sun to raise their body temperatures.
- Still, bears are warm-blooded mammals and thus are more similar to humans than are cold-blooded reptiles like the alligators.
- Like your butterflies, beneficial insects are cold-blooded and don't like cold, windy weather.
- Of cold-blooded creatures, lobsters and crayfish are particularly prized for their delicious ‘tail’ meat.
- There is a story about a frog, which, being a cold-blooded creature, adapts its temperature to its surroundings.
- When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals.
- Large rocks or a stone wall make great basking spots for these cold-blooded insects.
- But because many species are cold-blooded, some sharks eat only about 2 percent of their body weight each day.
- Mammals have a much better chance of survival here, as they generate body heat internally and do not need to rely on heat from the sun like cold-blooded animals.
- Reptiles have generally been described as sluggish, cold-blooded ectotherms.
- When an alligator is resting, it breathes intermittently, taking one breath per minute, much like other cold-blooded reptiles.
- Among the animals, cold-blooded forms like dinosaurs would have been affected more than the warm-blooded mammals.
- All cold-blooded animals, all warm-blooded animals and all plants have a place on this Earth.
Synonyms
reptile
2Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous.
无情的；残忍的
a cold-blooded murder
残忍的谋杀。
Example sentencesExamples
- What a malicious, cold-blooded thing for a corporation to say.
- What you hate most in your partner is that the person is ruthless, cold-blooded, and/or ironic.
- It was a cold-blooded and brutal murder of people who were running away.
- Chances are you had no idea one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless murderers in Canadian history was committing atrocities in your own back yard.
- This was indicative of his cold-blooded and hard-hearted attitude towards Africans.
- You've made it very clear you believe a teenager could commit a cold-blooded murder.
- Such a cold-blooded and barbaric punishment degrades everyone involved in the murder.
- But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling.
- He is putting Hitler to shame by his cold-blooded savagery.
- But however evil the crime and the criminal, it still does not justify cold-blooded murder by the state.
- They spoke of a kind, polite and popular son who would be incapable of cold-blooded murder.
- This can be looked upon as cold-blooded and barbaric and not fit for today's modern society.
- But little children who are so filled with anger and fury that they commit cold-blooded murder are not the products of a healthy upbringing.
- The former managing director of a sheet metal firm died yesterday after he was gunned down by a hitman in a ‘savage, cold-blooded killing’ outside his home.
- This is not an action of the Resistance, but cold-blooded murder in the service of rotten political objectives.
- It was a cold-blooded brutal killing, carried out in a busy town-centre street at 3pm on a Thursday afternoon.
- The cold-blooded murder galvanized the public AND the authorities.
- He is also a cruel, cold-blooded, wicked, sadistic, brutal, ruthless and evil person.
- The cold-blooded murder of two people, who according to reports were both disabled and could not escape their assassins, is a heinous crime.
- He had been accused as cold-blooded for such an emotionless image.
Synonyms
cruel, savage, brutal, callous, barbaric, barbarous, sadistic, inhuman, pitiless, merciless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, unfeeling, uncaring, heartless
hard, severe, harsh, austere, cold, cold-hearted, unsympathetic, unemotional, unfriendly, uncharitable, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, with a heart of stone
informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed, thick-skinned

Derivatives

cold-bloodedly

adverbˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdliˌkoʊldˈblədɪdli

But there are solid grounds for believing that the police deliberately set off on a mission of assassination and cold-bloodedly murdered him in his bed.
Example sentencesExamples
- The gunman cold-bloodedly shot the officer in the head, the bullet passing through the PC's hand and arm as he tried to defend himself.
- So I decided to approach this subject fairly cold-bloodedly.
- He acted cold-bloodedly and could do the same thing to me or, more importantly, my family.
- In this country, in any part of the world, the law should be if you cold-bloodedly take a life, then you deserve to have your own taken in punishment.

cold-bloodedness

nounˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdnəs

I read these things with a certain amount of cold-bloodedness, I have to admit.
Example sentencesExamples
- Other reptiles, amphibians, etc., survived, so the demise of the dinosaurs could not have been due to their reptilian cold-bloodedness.
- He was one of the relatively new members of Shadow, and he had been picked for his skill at flying, not for his cold-bloodedness, his strict adherence to mission objectives.
- Meanwhile his wife reflects on the cold-bloodedness of writers: ‘She had always hated this use of other people's tragedies, other people's sanctities.’
- The ‘Angel’ has to grapple with the guilt of exposing his son to the terrors and cold-bloodedness of the mob world.

Rhymes

hot-blooded, red-blooded, unstudied, warm-blooded

Definition of cold-blooded in US English:

cold-blooded

adjectiveˌkōldˈblədidˌkoʊldˈblədɪd

1(of a kind of animal) having a body temperature varying with that of the environment; poikilothermic.
（动物）冷血的；冷血动物的
Example sentencesExamples
- Reptiles have generally been described as sluggish, cold-blooded ectotherms.
- Butterflies are cold-blooded and bask in the sun to raise their body temperatures.
- But because many species are cold-blooded, some sharks eat only about 2 percent of their body weight each day.
- For example, one might think that skeletal growth rates would be higher for an endothermic animal than for an ectothermic, or cold-blooded, one.
- Like your butterflies, beneficial insects are cold-blooded and don't like cold, windy weather.
- Large rocks or a stone wall make great basking spots for these cold-blooded insects.
- Most reptiles have three-chambered hearts, a design that makes them cold-blooded.
- Of cold-blooded creatures, lobsters and crayfish are particularly prized for their delicious ‘tail’ meat.
- Among the animals, cold-blooded forms like dinosaurs would have been affected more than the warm-blooded mammals.
- While most mammals and birds show signs of REM sleep, reptiles and other cold-blooded animals do not.
- When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals.
- In genes of cold-blooded animals, plants, and unicellular organisms, these regularities are weaker and often not consistent.
- There is a story about a frog, which, being a cold-blooded creature, adapts its temperature to its surroundings.
- Fish are cold-blooded and breathe underwater using gills; whales, on the other hand, maintain a warm and constant body temperature.
- When an alligator is resting, it breathes intermittently, taking one breath per minute, much like other cold-blooded reptiles.
- Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the sun and staying in the water at night.
- All cold-blooded animals, all warm-blooded animals and all plants have a place on this Earth.
- Mammals have a much better chance of survival here, as they generate body heat internally and do not need to rely on heat from the sun like cold-blooded animals.
- One species of bacterium sickens cattle, for example, while another attacks frogs, fishes, and other cold-blooded animals.
- Still, bears are warm-blooded mammals and thus are more similar to humans than are cold-blooded reptiles like the alligators.
Synonyms
reptile
2Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous.
无情的；残忍的
a cold-blooded murder
残忍的谋杀。
Example sentencesExamples
- This is not an action of the Resistance, but cold-blooded murder in the service of rotten political objectives.
- But however evil the crime and the criminal, it still does not justify cold-blooded murder by the state.
- It was a cold-blooded brutal killing, carried out in a busy town-centre street at 3pm on a Thursday afternoon.
- This can be looked upon as cold-blooded and barbaric and not fit for today's modern society.
- He is putting Hitler to shame by his cold-blooded savagery.
- This was indicative of his cold-blooded and hard-hearted attitude towards Africans.
- But little children who are so filled with anger and fury that they commit cold-blooded murder are not the products of a healthy upbringing.
- Chances are you had no idea one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless murderers in Canadian history was committing atrocities in your own back yard.
- Such a cold-blooded and barbaric punishment degrades everyone involved in the murder.
- What you hate most in your partner is that the person is ruthless, cold-blooded, and/or ironic.
- You've made it very clear you believe a teenager could commit a cold-blooded murder.
- The former managing director of a sheet metal firm died yesterday after he was gunned down by a hitman in a ‘savage, cold-blooded killing’ outside his home.
- He had been accused as cold-blooded for such an emotionless image.
- What a malicious, cold-blooded thing for a corporation to say.
- It was a cold-blooded and brutal murder of people who were running away.
- But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling.
- He is also a cruel, cold-blooded, wicked, sadistic, brutal, ruthless and evil person.
- The cold-blooded murder galvanized the public AND the authorities.
- The cold-blooded murder of two people, who according to reports were both disabled and could not escape their assassins, is a heinous crime.
- They spoke of a kind, polite and popular son who would be incapable of cold-blooded murder.
Synonyms
cruel, savage, brutal, callous, barbaric, barbarous, sadistic, inhuman, pitiless, merciless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, unfeeling, uncaring, heartless

单词	cold-blooded
释义	Definition of cold-blooded in English: cold-blooded adjective ˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdˌkoʊldˈblədɪd 1Denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic. （动物）冷血的；冷血动物的 Example sentencesExamples Most reptiles have three-chambered hearts, a design that makes them cold-blooded. Fish are cold-blooded and breathe underwater using gills; whales, on the other hand, maintain a warm and constant body temperature. In genes of cold-blooded animals, plants, and unicellular organisms, these regularities are weaker and often not consistent. One species of bacterium sickens cattle, for example, while another attacks frogs, fishes, and other cold-blooded animals. Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the sun and staying in the water at night. For example, one might think that skeletal growth rates would be higher for an endothermic animal than for an ectothermic, or cold-blooded, one. While most mammals and birds show signs of REM sleep, reptiles and other cold-blooded animals do not. Butterflies are cold-blooded and bask in the sun to raise their body temperatures. Still, bears are warm-blooded mammals and thus are more similar to humans than are cold-blooded reptiles like the alligators. Like your butterflies, beneficial insects are cold-blooded and don't like cold, windy weather. Of cold-blooded creatures, lobsters and crayfish are particularly prized for their delicious ‘tail’ meat. There is a story about a frog, which, being a cold-blooded creature, adapts its temperature to its surroundings. When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals. Large rocks or a stone wall make great basking spots for these cold-blooded insects. But because many species are cold-blooded, some sharks eat only about 2 percent of their body weight each day. Mammals have a much better chance of survival here, as they generate body heat internally and do not need to rely on heat from the sun like cold-blooded animals. Reptiles have generally been described as sluggish, cold-blooded ectotherms. When an alligator is resting, it breathes intermittently, taking one breath per minute, much like other cold-blooded reptiles. Among the animals, cold-blooded forms like dinosaurs would have been affected more than the warm-blooded mammals. All cold-blooded animals, all warm-blooded animals and all plants have a place on this Earth. Synonyms reptile 2Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous. 无情的；残忍的 a cold-blooded murder 残忍的谋杀。 Example sentencesExamples What a malicious, cold-blooded thing for a corporation to say. What you hate most in your partner is that the person is ruthless, cold-blooded, and/or ironic. It was a cold-blooded and brutal murder of people who were running away. Chances are you had no idea one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless murderers in Canadian history was committing atrocities in your own back yard. This was indicative of his cold-blooded and hard-hearted attitude towards Africans. You've made it very clear you believe a teenager could commit a cold-blooded murder. Such a cold-blooded and barbaric punishment degrades everyone involved in the murder. But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling. He is putting Hitler to shame by his cold-blooded savagery. But however evil the crime and the criminal, it still does not justify cold-blooded murder by the state. They spoke of a kind, polite and popular son who would be incapable of cold-blooded murder. This can be looked upon as cold-blooded and barbaric and not fit for today's modern society. But little children who are so filled with anger and fury that they commit cold-blooded murder are not the products of a healthy upbringing. The former managing director of a sheet metal firm died yesterday after he was gunned down by a hitman in a ‘savage, cold-blooded killing’ outside his home. This is not an action of the Resistance, but cold-blooded murder in the service of rotten political objectives. It was a cold-blooded brutal killing, carried out in a busy town-centre street at 3pm on a Thursday afternoon. The cold-blooded murder galvanized the public AND the authorities. He is also a cruel, cold-blooded, wicked, sadistic, brutal, ruthless and evil person. The cold-blooded murder of two people, who according to reports were both disabled and could not escape their assassins, is a heinous crime. He had been accused as cold-blooded for such an emotionless image. Synonyms cruel, savage, brutal, callous, barbaric, barbarous, sadistic, inhuman, pitiless, merciless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, unfeeling, uncaring, heartless hard, severe, harsh, austere, cold, cold-hearted, unsympathetic, unemotional, unfriendly, uncharitable, hard-hearted, stony-hearted, with a heart of stone informal hard-boiled, hard-nosed, thick-skinned Derivatives cold-bloodedly adverbˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdliˌkoʊldˈblədɪdli But there are solid grounds for believing that the police deliberately set off on a mission of assassination and cold-bloodedly murdered him in his bed. Example sentencesExamples The gunman cold-bloodedly shot the officer in the head, the bullet passing through the PC's hand and arm as he tried to defend himself. So I decided to approach this subject fairly cold-bloodedly. He acted cold-bloodedly and could do the same thing to me or, more importantly, my family. In this country, in any part of the world, the law should be if you cold-bloodedly take a life, then you deserve to have your own taken in punishment. cold-bloodedness nounˌkəʊldˈblʌdɪdnəs I read these things with a certain amount of cold-bloodedness, I have to admit. Example sentencesExamples Other reptiles, amphibians, etc., survived, so the demise of the dinosaurs could not have been due to their reptilian cold-bloodedness. He was one of the relatively new members of Shadow, and he had been picked for his skill at flying, not for his cold-bloodedness, his strict adherence to mission objectives. Meanwhile his wife reflects on the cold-bloodedness of writers: ‘She had always hated this use of other people's tragedies, other people's sanctities.’ The ‘Angel’ has to grapple with the guilt of exposing his son to the terrors and cold-bloodedness of the mob world. Rhymes hot-blooded, red-blooded, unstudied, warm-blooded Definition of cold-blooded in US English: cold-blooded adjectiveˌkōldˈblədidˌkoʊldˈblədɪd 1(of a kind of animal) having a body temperature varying with that of the environment; poikilothermic. （动物）冷血的；冷血动物的 Example sentencesExamples Reptiles have generally been described as sluggish, cold-blooded ectotherms. Butterflies are cold-blooded and bask in the sun to raise their body temperatures. But because many species are cold-blooded, some sharks eat only about 2 percent of their body weight each day. For example, one might think that skeletal growth rates would be higher for an endothermic animal than for an ectothermic, or cold-blooded, one. Like your butterflies, beneficial insects are cold-blooded and don't like cold, windy weather. Large rocks or a stone wall make great basking spots for these cold-blooded insects. Most reptiles have three-chambered hearts, a design that makes them cold-blooded. Of cold-blooded creatures, lobsters and crayfish are particularly prized for their delicious ‘tail’ meat. Among the animals, cold-blooded forms like dinosaurs would have been affected more than the warm-blooded mammals. While most mammals and birds show signs of REM sleep, reptiles and other cold-blooded animals do not. When given a picture of a triceratops and told it was a dinosaur, the children correctly inferred that it belonged to the cold-blooded class of animals. In genes of cold-blooded animals, plants, and unicellular organisms, these regularities are weaker and often not consistent. There is a story about a frog, which, being a cold-blooded creature, adapts its temperature to its surroundings. Fish are cold-blooded and breathe underwater using gills; whales, on the other hand, maintain a warm and constant body temperature. When an alligator is resting, it breathes intermittently, taking one breath per minute, much like other cold-blooded reptiles. Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the sun and staying in the water at night. All cold-blooded animals, all warm-blooded animals and all plants have a place on this Earth. Mammals have a much better chance of survival here, as they generate body heat internally and do not need to rely on heat from the sun like cold-blooded animals. One species of bacterium sickens cattle, for example, while another attacks frogs, fishes, and other cold-blooded animals. Still, bears are warm-blooded mammals and thus are more similar to humans than are cold-blooded reptiles like the alligators. Synonyms reptile 2Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous. 无情的；残忍的 a cold-blooded murder 残忍的谋杀。 Example sentencesExamples This is not an action of the Resistance, but cold-blooded murder in the service of rotten political objectives. But however evil the crime and the criminal, it still does not justify cold-blooded murder by the state. It was a cold-blooded brutal killing, carried out in a busy town-centre street at 3pm on a Thursday afternoon. This can be looked upon as cold-blooded and barbaric and not fit for today's modern society. He is putting Hitler to shame by his cold-blooded savagery. This was indicative of his cold-blooded and hard-hearted attitude towards Africans. But little children who are so filled with anger and fury that they commit cold-blooded murder are not the products of a healthy upbringing. Chances are you had no idea one of the most cold-blooded, ruthless murderers in Canadian history was committing atrocities in your own back yard. Such a cold-blooded and barbaric punishment degrades everyone involved in the murder. What you hate most in your partner is that the person is ruthless, cold-blooded, and/or ironic. You've made it very clear you believe a teenager could commit a cold-blooded murder. The former managing director of a sheet metal firm died yesterday after he was gunned down by a hitman in a ‘savage, cold-blooded killing’ outside his home. He had been accused as cold-blooded for such an emotionless image. What a malicious, cold-blooded thing for a corporation to say. It was a cold-blooded and brutal murder of people who were running away. But still, for me, the death sentence is too cold-blooded, too unfeeling. He is also a cruel, cold-blooded, wicked, sadistic, brutal, ruthless and evil person. The cold-blooded murder galvanized the public AND the authorities. The cold-blooded murder of two people, who according to reports were both disabled and could not escape their assassins, is a heinous crime. They spoke of a kind, polite and popular son who would be incapable of cold-blooded murder. Synonyms cruel, savage, brutal, callous, barbaric, barbarous, sadistic, inhuman, pitiless, merciless, ruthless, unforgiving, unpitying, inhumane, unfeeling, uncaring, heartless
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