/kəʊld ||; kold/adj
1 having a low temperature; not hot or warm 冷的:
I'm not going into the sea, the water's too cold. 水太冷,我不下海了。
Shall I put the heating on? I'm cold. 我觉得冷,让我开暖气。
Compare cold, hot, cool, and warm. Cold indicates a lower temperature than cool and may describe a temperature that is unpleasantly low a terribly cold winter. Cool means ‘fairly cold’ and may describe a pleasantly low temperature It's terribly hot outside but it's nice and cool in here. Hot indicates a higher temperature than warm and may describe a temperature that is unpleasantly high I can't drink this yet, it's too hot. Warm means ‘fairly hot’ and may describe a pleasantly high temperature Come and sit by the fire, you'll soon get warm again. 比较cold、hot、cool及warm。cold表示温度比cool要低,也许低得令人难受:a terribly cold winter严寒的冬天。cool指凉,令人舒服的低温度:It's terribly hot outside but it's nice and cool in here.外边火辣辣,里边却阴凉舒服。hot表示的温度比warm要高,或许高得令人难受:I can't drink this yet, it's too hot.这个太烫了,我还喝不了。warm指暖,令人舒服的高温度:Come and sit by the fire, you'll soon get warm again.过来坐在炉边暖和暖和吧。
2 (used about food or drink) not heated or cooked; having become cold after being heated or cooked ﹙指食物﹑饮料﹚未加热的﹔冷却的:
a cold drink 冷饮
Have your soup before it gets cold. 汤趁热喝吧。
3 (used about a person or sb's behaviour) very unfriendly; not showing kindness, understanding, etc (指人或其行为)冷漠的,冷冰冰的:
She gave him a cold, hard look. 她冷冷地狠盯了他一眼。
cold turkey suddenly and completely, without getting used to sth gradually 突然而完全;无准备:
I gave up smoking cold turkey. 我一下子戒了烟。
get/have cold feet(
informal 非正式) to become/be afraid to do sth 害怕起来:
She started to get cold feet as her wedding day approached. 婚期逼近,她开始害怕起来。
in cold blood in a cruel way and without pity 冷血地;残酷地:
to kill sb in cold blood 残酷地杀人