| 单词 | cold air |
| 释义 | > as lemmascold air a. Relatively without heat, of a low temperature; not heated. Hence applied to metals and the like as worked in their natural state instead of when heated. The comparative colder often means simply ‘less warm, of a lower temperature than some other’; so the superlative coldest. cold air: the air outside, as opposed to the hot air of a room. cold bath, cold bathing: a bath in cold or unheated water. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > relatively without heat cold1725 1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 222 Having Recourse to the Cold Bath..This Action of Cold Bathing. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 111 Nitric acid dissolves copper well, even cold. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 46 In a clear night the objects on the surface of the earth radiate heat..they consequently soon become colder. 1853 C. McIntosh Bk. Garden I. 473 Cold pits for preserving vegetables during winter. 1891 N.E.D. at Cold Mod. The sun is supposed to be growing colder through loss of its heat. < as lemmas |
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