| 单词 | frosty cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfrosty cold frosty cold adj. extremely cold (literal and figurative); in later use esp. of chilled or cold drinks (cf. sense 4); cf. icy-cold adj. at icy adj. Compounds 1b(b). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > very intensely cold ice-coldeOE frostyOE frosty cold?a1430 frore1483 chill-cold1567 frory?1567 frostbiting1593 numb-cold1597 chilling-cold1616 frigidious1630 frigid1639 finger-cold1752 Siberian1789 freezy1827 ice-cool1853 Arctic1876 ?a1430Frosty cold [see Compounds 1a]. 1610 Histrio-mastix iv. i. sig. E4 O I could curse This ideot world! This ill nurs'd age of Peace, That..Blasts forward wits with frosty cold contempt. 1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 67 The frosty-cold Airs in the Atmosphere above. 1839 F. J. Grund Aristocracy in Amer. II. iii. i. 173 It was a frosty cold day, and we were obliged to have a fire in the cabin. 1870 K. R. Cook Purpose & Passion 24 Those o'er tranquil eyes so frosty-cold. 1935 Boston Sunday Globe 8 Dec. 2/2 (advt.) Lightning Ice Cube Breaker... For frosty cold drinks. 1992 L. Gough Fall down Easy i. 2 Somebody ripping the tab off a frosty cold one. 2009 A. Thomas & A. Karafin Goa & Mumbai (Lonely Planet) (ed. 5) 92/2 The frosty-cold lobby has an internet and ISD booth and an overwhelming feeling of orderliness. < as lemmas |
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