cold war
noun/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː(r)/
/ˌkəʊld ˈwɔːr/
[singular, uncountable] (often Cold War)
- a relationship between two countries who are not friendly but are not actually fighting each other, usually used about the situation between the US and the Soviet Union after the Second World War
冷战（通常指第二次世界大战后美国与苏联之间的对峙局面）