单词 | to take the chill off |
释义 | > as lemmasto take the chill off a. A coldness of the air, water, etc., which tends to make one shiver; a cold which has a depressing, benumbing, or penetrating effect on the body. to take the chill off (a liquid): to raise it to a temperate heat (colloquial). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > unpleasant or penetrating chillness1598 bleakness1600 chilliness1764 chill1788 1788 Ld. Auckland Diary in Spain (1861) II. 89 At about six the air..changed suddenly to a chill. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §11. 84 The chill was painful to the teeth. 1868 C. M. Yonge Pupils of St. John i. 34 The chill of early dawn. 1870 Ld. Tennyson Passing of Arthur 96 A deathwhite mist..Whereof the chill, to him who breathed it, drew Down with his blood, till all his heart was cold. < as lemmas |
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