英语词汇“cold shoulder”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
Banishment was better than this cold shoulder.
Rachaela had turned on Ruth, not just the habitual cold shoulder, but with a firework of dislike and alienation.
She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.
Then from then on, we were treated with an absolute cold shoulder, and no one would speak to us.

Longman Language Activatornot friendly► unfriendly/not friendly

· It's very difficult to work with Lindsay - she's so unfriendly.· I'm sorry if I sounded unfriendly on the phone - I was just tired.· The service at the hotel was bad and the staff weren't very friendly.unfriendly/not friendly to/towards · The other girls weren't openly unfriendly towards her, but they never invited her along with them.

► cold

behaving towards other people as if you do not like them or care about them: · His manner all evening was cold and unfriendly.· Next time she saw Harry he wasn't rude to her, just very cold.cold to: · She was oddly cold to him, and I wondered what had happened.

► inhospitable

unfriendly to people who are visiting your home or country by not doing anything to make them feel welcome: · Generally, the people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable.· So many tourists had visited the monastery that the monks had grown somewhat inhospitable.

► hostile

very unfriendly, and ready to argue with someone, criticize them, or fight with them: · There was a crowd of hostile demonstrators waiting outside her door.hostile to/towards: · He was hostile towards me when I arrived, and the situation did not improve over the next few days.openly hostile: · Several of the neighbors had become openly hostile to one another.

► antagonistic

unfriendly and trying to cause arguments with someone: · I can't understand why he's being so antagonistic.antagonistic towards/to: · Why are Kate and John so antagonistic towards each other?

► give somebody the cold shoulder

informal to ignore someone and be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you: · After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder.

► cliquey/cliquish

a group of people who are cliquey or cliquish are friendly to the other people within that group but not to the people outside it: · Everyone at the school was so cliquey, it was hard for me to make new friends.· It was a cliquish group, with the older members staying aloof from the younger ones.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (give somebody/get) the cold shoulder

A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder.
Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day.
She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.
So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.

单词	cold shoulder
释义	cold shoulderˌcold ˈshoulder noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder. Banishment was better than this cold shoulder. Rachaela had turned on Ruth, not just the habitual cold shoulder, but with a firework of dislike and alienation. She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing. So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder. Then from then on, we were treated with an absolute cold shoulder, and no one would speak to us. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatornot friendly► unfriendly/not friendly · It's very difficult to work with Lindsay - she's so unfriendly.· I'm sorry if I sounded unfriendly on the phone - I was just tired.· The service at the hotel was bad and the staff weren't very friendly.unfriendly/not friendly to/towards · The other girls weren't openly unfriendly towards her, but they never invited her along with them. ► cold behaving towards other people as if you do not like them or care about them: · His manner all evening was cold and unfriendly.· Next time she saw Harry he wasn't rude to her, just very cold.cold to: · She was oddly cold to him, and I wondered what had happened. ► inhospitable unfriendly to people who are visiting your home or country by not doing anything to make them feel welcome: · Generally, the people I met in the city were rude and inhospitable.· So many tourists had visited the monastery that the monks had grown somewhat inhospitable. ► hostile very unfriendly, and ready to argue with someone, criticize them, or fight with them: · There was a crowd of hostile demonstrators waiting outside her door.hostile to/towards: · He was hostile towards me when I arrived, and the situation did not improve over the next few days.openly hostile: · Several of the neighbors had become openly hostile to one another. ► antagonistic unfriendly and trying to cause arguments with someone: · I can't understand why he's being so antagonistic.antagonistic towards/to: · Why are Kate and John so antagonistic towards each other? ► give somebody the cold shoulder informal to ignore someone and be unfriendly to them, especially because they have upset or offended you: · After I got the promotion, a few of my co-workers started giving me the cold shoulder. ► cliquey/cliquish a group of people who are cliquey or cliquish are friendly to the other people within that group but not to the people outside it: · Everyone at the school was so cliquey, it was hard for me to make new friends.· It was a cliquish group, with the older members staying aloof from the younger ones. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (give somebody/get) the cold shoulder A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder. Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day. She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing. So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder. (give somebody/get) the cold shoulder to behave in an unfriendly way towards someone that you know—cold shoulder verb [transitive]
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