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单词 gelid
释义

gelid

/ˈdʒɛlɪd /
adjective
Icy; extremely cold: the gelid pond she gave a gelid reply...
  • The wind coming from the gelid ocean was bitter cold, making exposed flesh burn.
  • This dispassionate view of man and nature brings an icy edge to her work, intensified by her color choice of glacial whites and gelid blues.
  • As the scores indicate - typically gelid to frozen - the shots seem to fall in the unflattering to outright frightening range.

Synonyms

frozen, freezing, icy, ice-cold, arctic, glacial, polar, frosty, wintry, snowy, bitterly cold, sub-zero, chilly, Siberian, hyperborean, hyperboreal
rare algid

Derivatives

gelidity

noun (rare)

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin gelidus, from gelu 'frost, intense cold'.

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