| 单词 | to leave cold |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto leave (a person) cold e. Colloquial phrase to leave (a person) cold: to fail to interest or excite. (Cf. French cela me laisse froid, German das lässt mich kalt.) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [phrase] > fail to interest to leave (a person) cold1857 the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > make emotionally unfeeling [verb (transitive)] > fail to interest or excite to leave (a person) cold1857 1857 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. 11 30 An orator may discourse very eloquently on injustice in general, and leave his audience cold. 1888 H. Sweet Shelley's Nature-poetry 28 His enthusiasm..leaves us cold. 1927 A. Huxley Proper Stud. 173 I..am left cold by ritual, the corybantic emotionalism of revivals. 1967 E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage i. 1 Whereas one is uplifting to look at the other leaves one emotionally cold. < as lemmas |
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