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- an unpleasant coldness in the atmosphere, one's surroundings, or the body寒冷; 寒气; 寒意：
there was a chill in the air.
寒气逼人。
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- a lowered body temperature, often accompanied by shivering身体发冷（常伴有寒战）：
heat exhaustion symptoms include nausea, chills, dizziness and dehydration.
热衰竭的症状包括恶心、寒战、头晕和脱水。
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- a feverish cold发热感冒。
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- figurative a coldness of manner〈喻〉冷淡：
the chill in relations between France and its former colony.
法国和其前殖民地关系的冷淡。
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- a depressing influence沮丧：
his statements have cast a chill over this whole country.
他的声明使举国上下感到沮丧。
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- a sudden and powerful unpleasant feeling, especially of fear突然而来的强烈不愉快感（尤指恐惧）：
his words sent a chill of apprehension down my spine.
他的话让我毛骨悚然。
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- a metal mould or part of a mould, often cooled, designed to ensure rapid or even cooling of metal during casting冷模; 冷模部件。
with obj.
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- （常作be chilled）make (someone) cold使寒冷：
I'm chilled to the bone.
我感到寒冷刺骨。
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- cool (food or drink) in a refrigerator冷藏（食物或饮料）：
as adj. chilled chilled white wine.冰白葡萄酒。
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- Metallurgy another term for CHILL-CAST.【冶】同CHILL-CAST.
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- （常作be chilled）horrify or frighten (someone)使震惊; 使惊吓：
the city was chilled by the violence.
城市被暴力事件震惊了。
as adj. chilling a chilling account of the prisoners' fate.对囚犯命运的令人胆战心惊的报道。
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- no obj. informal, chiefly N. Amer. calm down and relax〈非正式, 主北美〉镇定下来, 放松：
I can lean back and chill
我可以往后靠靠, 放松放松
chill out, okay?
镇定一点, 好吗？
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- pass time without a particular aim or purpose, especially with other people（尤指和他人一起）消磨时光：
after the show, the band chilled out in the car park.
表演结束后, 乐队在停车场闲待着。
- chilly寒冷的：
the chill grey dawn
寒冷灰暗的黎明
figurative 〈喻〉the chill winds of public censure.
公众责难的寒风。
短语
chill someone's blood
- horrify or terrify someone使某人感到恐惧。
take the chill off
- warm slightly使微微暖和。
派生词
chillingly
adverbchillness
nounchillsome
adjective （poetic/literary 〈诗/文〉）词源
Old English cele, ciele 'cold， coldness'， of Germanic origin; related to COLD.