| 单词 | cold |
| 释义 | cold (koʊld ) Word forms: colder , coldest , colds 1. adjective A1 Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. Rinse the vegetables under cold running water. He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold. Your dinner's getting cold. coldness uncountable noun She complained about the coldness of his hands. [+ of] 2. adjective A1 If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low. It was bitterly cold. The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on. This is the coldest winter I can remember. Synonyms: chilly, biting, freezing, bitter coldness uncountable noun Within quarter of an hour the coldness of the night had gone. [+ of] 3. uncountable noun [oft the NOUN] Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to as the cold. He must have come inside to get out of the cold. His feet were blue with cold. Synonyms: coldness, chill, frigidity, chilliness 4. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] A1 If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature. I was freezing cold. I'm hungry, I'm cold and I've nowhere to sleep. Synonyms: freezing, frozen, chilled, numb 5. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A1 Cold food, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot. A wide variety of hot and cold snacks will be available. ...cold meats. 6. adjective Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness. Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede. ...the cold blue light from a streetlamp. 7. adjective 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. [disapproval] What a cold, unfeeling woman she was. 'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice. coldly adverb 'I'll see you in the morning,' Hugh said coldly. coldness uncountable noun His coldness angered her. 8. adjective A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow. He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones. 9. graded adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] 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. 10. countable noun A2 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. 11. See also common cold 12. catch cold/catch a cold phrase A2 If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold. Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold. 13. leave sb cold phrase If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you. Lawrence is one of those writers who either excite you enormously or leave you cold. 14. out cold phrase If someone is out cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily. She was out cold but still breathing. Synonyms: unconscious, out, knocked out, stunned 15. out in the cold phrase [PHRASE after verb, verb-link PHRASE] 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. Developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks. 16. in cold blood phrase If something violent and cruel is done in cold blood, it is done deliberately and in an unemotional way. [disapproval] The crime had been committed in cold blood. Synonyms: without emotion, cruelly, ruthlessly, mercilessly 17. to get cold feet phrase If you get cold feet about something, you become nervous or frightened about it because you think it will fail. The Government is getting cold feet about the reforms. [+ about] 18. to blow hot and cold phrase If someone blows hot and cold, they keep changing their attitude towards something, sometimes being very enthusiastic and at other times expressing no interest at all. The media, meanwhile, has blown hot and cold on the affair. [+ on/over/about] Synonyms: dither, vacillate, hesitate, waver 19. to pour cold water on something phrase If you pour cold water on an idea or suggestion, you show that you have a low opinion of it. City economists pour cold water on the idea that the economic recovery has begun. Idioms: a cold fish a person who seems unemotional, which makes them appear unfriendly or unsympathetic He didn't really show much emotion – he's a bit of a cold fish. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get cold feet or have cold feet to be unsure whether you want to do something, or to become too nervous and worried to do it I feel your boyfriend got cold feet about being in a committed relationship. He may even have fallen out of love. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cold comfort encouragement that does not in fact make a difficult or unpleasant situation better Finding out more about this disease can be cold comfort, as no cure and virtually no treatment are available. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers when one person sneezes, another catches cold [mainly British] said to mean that the things that happen to one country or person have a great effect or influence on other countries or people And when the American economy sneezes, the City of London catches cold. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers leave someone out in the cold to ignore someone and not ask them to take part in activities with you The developing countries must not be left out in the cold in current world trade talks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers leave someone cold to not excite or interest someone at all Given the world situation, chat about shopping and hairdos leaves you cold. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come in from the cold to become popular, accepted, or active again after a period of unpopularity or lack of involvement Over the past two years, Swedish investors have come in from the cold. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cold as ice acting in a very unfriendly way He sat cold as ice through breakfast, ignoring Claire's hand on his shoulder as she passed his chair. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers catch someone cold [mainly British, journalism] to score against someone in a sports game because they are not prepared for your attack They maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Third Division with a 29-14 win after Barrow had caught them cold to lead 8-4 at the interval. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey [British, informal] extremely cold It was a cold snap in the middle of spring with winds cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers make your blood run cold [literary] to frighten or shock you very much It makes my blood run cold to think what this poor, helpless child must have gone through. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in cold blood in a calm and deliberate way, rather than in anger or self-defence. People often use this expression to express shock or horror at a killing. They murdered my brother. They shot him down in cold blood. This is just another attempt to excuse the cold-blooded murder of an innocent woman. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in the cold light of day if you think about a problem, feeling, or event in the cold light of day, you think about it some time later and in a calmer or more practical way than was possible at the time it happened He has to sit down in the cold light of day and analyse what needs to be done to prevent the club from being relegated. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone blows hot and cold said to mean that someone's attitude to something keeps changing, so that sometimes they seem enthusiastic or interested, and sometimes they do not The media, meanwhile, has blown hot and cold on the affair. said to mean that sometimes someone's work or performance is good, and sometimes it is not They seem to have blown hot and cold in their early matches. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hot and cold [British] extremely worried or nervous, so that you feel as if your body is both hot and cold at the same time When she realized what she was reading she grew hot and cold all over. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give someone the cold shoulder to deliberately ignore someone He gave me the cold shoulder at the party; he didn't talk to me at all. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers put something into cold storage to delay doing something or dealing with something, for example because other more important things need your attention or because you are not ready to do it The author's illness means that he has put completion of his fourth novel into cold storage. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers in a cold sweat very frightened, anxious, or embarrassed It was a terrifying experience, a nightmare. I still come out in a cold sweat thinking about it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers pour cold water on something or throw cold water on something to point out all the problems of an idea or plan, rather than sharing other people's enthusiasm for it They poured cold water on the French proposal for a peace conference involving both the EU and the UN. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cold drink Offer applies to any hot or cold drink, except bottled or canned drinks. Times, Sunday Times It's tempting to stay for a cold drink. Houston Chronicle Families would have been sitting on the lawn with a cold drink and conversations would be mixed with the sound of laughter. The Sun The armed forces were using more than 630,000 plastic hot drink cups, 326,000 takeaway containers, 263,000 cold drink containers and 65,000 straws every year. Times, Sunday Times Having a cold drink can drop your thermometer reading significantly, which could result in unwarranted accusations of malingering. Times, Sunday Times He fell, cracking his head and dropping his mobile phone out of reach, and spent a night on the cold floor. Times, Sunday Times I did have to lie on the freezing cold floor for hours, though. The Sun It was hard to sleep on the cold floor, packed shoulder to shoulder with other hostages. Globe and Mail For us, the electric radiant heating eliminated our dislike of cold floors and made ceramics the choice for our kitchen, laundry room and mud room. Globe and Mail The cold floors reek of a disinfectant that masks the smell of unappetis-ing food. Times, Sunday Times One packet of pink powder to half a pint of cold milk. Times, Sunday Times Whisk in the cold milk gradually to make a thin batter. Times, Sunday Times Mix the custard powder and 120g sugar in a splash of cold milk until dissolved. Times, Sunday Times Put steamer nozzle in cold milk and turn it on. The Sun Fruit smoothie - using your single portion of fruit - cold milk blended with ice cubes and strawberry flavouring or vanilla essence. The Sun I found the snooze button on my alarm an incredibly easy target on a cold morning. Christianity Today On a cold morning, name badges are stuck to sweaters. Times, Sunday Times Then again, maybe you'll go out there one cold morning and open the flap and the scraper won't be there. Times, Sunday Times It was a cold morning and the leaves on the trees were edged with frost. Times, Sunday Times Then, one really cold morning, she invited me in for a coffee to warm up. The Sun It was a calm, cold night. THE LAST OF THE GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS: Coming of Age in the Arctic (2004) Fine warm day and fine cloudless cold night. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Get a warm shawl, she'll freeze in this cold night. Heidi (1881) So on this, the coldest night of the year, I read some chapters from Song of Solomon. 52449_CLARA (2001) The first sign she had that the house was beginning to unknit was a spatter of cold rain on her head. SACRAMENT (2001) Remember a can of cola also adds 20mg; a small bar of chocolate 20mg and a typical cold remedy or energy drink about 20-40mg. Times, Sunday Times Two painkiller tablets or a cold remedy can contain up to 60mg of caffeine. Times, Sunday Times He said the ephedrine traces could have been contained in a cold remedy. The Sun And remember that 100g of dark chocolate has 40mg of caffeine while some headache and cold remedies can have up to 60mg. The Sun These include any type of coffee, tea (including green tea), cola, most energy drinks and many cold remedies. Times, Sunday Times It all adds up to a brilliant little car that will blow away the cobwebs like a cold shower first thing in the morning. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He also recommends cooling off in a cold shower or bath just before you go to bed. The Sun (2010) Early to bed and a cold shower first thing can help. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Then taken a cold shower when he read the script. The Sun (2012) They really revelled in it — they loved giving me that cold soup every time. Times, Sunday Times This was like cold soup. The Sun Salad and raw vegetables or lovely cold soup and cheese. Times, Sunday Times Cold soups such as gazpacho and cucumber in the summer and vegetable purées and chunky one-pot meal soups when the weather turns. Times, Sunday Times I make wonderful cold soups such as grapes with almond for a first course. Times, Sunday Times Since the last lengthy cold spell a couple of years back, frost covers have not been high on the racing agenda. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Britain is expected to enjoy an unseasonably warm weekend as tropical air blows in from the Atlantic after a prolonged cold spell. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Snow brought parts of the country to a standstill yesterday amid warnings that a prolonged cold spell could cost the economy as much as 11 billion. Times, Sunday Times (2013) We have found that winter moths (a group of several similar-looking species) emerge as the temperature rises after a cold spell. Times, Sunday Times (2016) By the time the hedgehogs went into hibernation many did not have enough body weight to survive the long hard winter and cold spring. Times, Sunday Times In a cold spring, some early blossom can be susceptible to frost damage, or take a battering from ferocious winds. Times, Sunday Times They are the brief, glorious flowering of the best bit of a cold spring day. Times, Sunday Times It's just before noon on a cold spring morning. Times, Sunday Times Not a bad choice after a long, cold spring. Times, Sunday Times I take his picture, trying to get that cold stare. Times, Sunday Times She falls silent and gives me a cold stare. Times, Sunday Times She said that the assailant was about 5ft 6in tall, had the same complexion as her and gave her a 'cold stare'. Times, Sunday Times And the cold stare returns. Times, Sunday Times Its shabby clothes, badly rotting teeth and knotted hair only served to make its cold stare even more chilling. The Star (South Africa) Chiefs say people with cold symptoms should stay away. The Sun They don't help the other cold symptoms, though. The Sun He advised people with cold symptoms to stay away from crowded public events. Times,Sunday Times I have heard so much about the power of garlic to do everything from relieving cold symptoms to lowering cholesterol. Times, Sunday Times Scientists gave a blackberry and apple drink to 30 volunteers with common cold symptoms, serving it hot or at room temperature - believed to be the first research of its kind. The Sun Cold tea with spicy leather and hallmark savoury spice. ST At one point, they unveiled a bizarre contraption designed to shift gallons of cold tea into various chambers to show where money moved. Times, Sunday Times My top tips include using lemons to preserve freshness, and home-made mixers such as cold tea help keep the cost down. Times, Sunday Times Out are the cups of cold tea, lumpy groundsheets, slippery nylon sleeping bags and nights spent tripping over guy ropes in search of the loo block. Times, Sunday Times Cold tea stood in tin pots. Times, Sunday Times At such a cold temperature, it freezes objects solid. The Sun The plush, hand-stitched perforated leather back seats recline and have both hot and cold temperature settings to suit the weather. The Sun Still, the cold temperature outside keeps the film a bit fresher than it might otherwise have been: swirling blizzards shake up the action scenes. Times, Sunday Times The cold temperature naturally helps tighten the skin. The Sun Cold temperature may also play a role, with exacerbations occurring more commonly in winter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Now, having a new cold virus running amuck that can superinfect people with an untreatable pneumonia is definitely bad news. Globe and Mail (2003) They used the common cold virus to infect cells in the animals' eyes. The Sun (2009) There are about 200 forms of the cold virus, and flu is caused by a different group of viruses. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The chill factor - the effect of a cold wind - is often overlooked. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A gust of cold wind met him in the street; March was declining to give way to April. LOADED QUESTIONS She felt Adam behind her and hugged her arms about herself as a cold wind blew into the house. LOST SUMMER (2001) This was soon followed by a cold wind that swept in from the east, leaving southern England frozen hard. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They crossed the river in a blustery, cold wind that chopped the mirror-like surface of the water into millions of glittering shards. TREASON KEEP (2001) There are temperatures of extreme cold and craggy mountain ranges. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The faster approach reduces the time that the soldier is exposed to extreme cold at high altitude. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Greenland is also subject to extreme cold and total darkness in winter. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The extreme cold causes the body to retreat in on itself, pulling blood away from the limbs and into the head and torso. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Looking out over the valley she suddenly felt cold and clammy. Know Your Own Mind (1991) The elixir of life felt cold when it went into my body. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Fish contains lots of nutrients which will help you fight a cold quickly, so go for seafood instead of chicken or lamb. The Sun It fought the cold, exacting diktats of starved and waxed modern femininity with earthy humour. Times, Sunday Times We believe that fighting the cold will be worse than fighting the hunger. Times, Sunday Times Antarctic, as freezing cold air rushes down from the top of the icecap towards the surrounding seas. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Brace yourselves for a freezing cold, bleak new year. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The problem is damp air and freezing cold nights. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It is a soft, feathery white layer of ice crystals that forms in clear skies, moist air and freezing cold. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There was thunder and lightning and it was freezing cold. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If it doesn't keep the mosquitoes off, it may prevent a cold. Globe and Mail Newspapers lined the gaps and holes throughout the house to prevent the cold winter drafts from penetrating. Globe and Mail Lack of wind helps frost to form by preventing the cold air next to the ground getting stirred up with slightly warmer air higher up. Times, Sunday Times Experts believe zinc prevents the cold virus from invading the cells of your body. The Sun As ice accumulates around the down-flowing cold jet, it forms an insulating layer that prevents the cold, saline water from diffusing and warming. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It may have been an unusually cold spring but the daffodils are sprouting, so that's not it. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Britain was lucky because much of Europe was unusually cold in October. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There was criticism of bills rising at short notice after unusually cold weather last winter. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The southern hemisphere winter is turning unusually cold. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It comes as households face high costs following the unusually cold winter. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 冷的, 感冒, 冷的 Japanese: 寒い, 寒さ, 寒い |
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