cold

1. ADJ Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable. 冷的

Rinse the vegetables under cold running water. 用冷自來水沖洗蔬菜。

He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold. 他喜歡茶不太燙也不太涼。

2. coldnessN-UNCOUNT 冷

She complained about the coldness of his hands. 她抱怨他的那雙手冷冰冰的。

3. ADJ If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low. 寒冷的

It was bitterly cold. 天氣冷得刺骨。

The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on. 屋子冷冰冰的，因爲(wèi)我開不起煖氣。

4. coldnessN-UNCOUNT 寒冷

Within a quarter of an hour, the coldness of the night had gone. 一刻鍾之內(nèi)，夜晚的寒冷就消退了。

5. ADJ If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature. 感覺冷的

I was freezing cold. 我快凍僵了。

6. ADJ Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness. (顔色或燈光) 冷的

Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede. 一般來說，先上煖色調(diào)油漆，再上冷色調(diào)油漆。

7. ADJ A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold, they speak in an unfriendly, unsympathetic way. 冷漠的; 不友好的[表不滿]

What a cold, unfeeling woman she was. 她是一個(gè)多麼冷漠無情的女人啊。

8. coldlyADV 冷漠地; 不友好地

"I'll see you in the morning," Hugh said coldly. “我會(huì)在早上見你，”休冷冷地說。

9. N-UNCOUNT Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to as the cold. (天氣或氣溫的) 寒冷[also 'the' N]

He must have come inside to get out of the cold. 他肯定進(jìn)來避過寒。

10. in cold blood→see blood

11. to get cold feet→see foot

12. to blow hot and cold→see hot

13. to pour cold water on something→see water

14. N-COUNT If you have a cold, you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough. 感冒

I had a pretty bad cold. 我得了很重的感冒。

15. PHRASE If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold. 患感冒

Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold. 我們把頭發(fā)弄乾吧，省得患感冒。

16. PHRASE If someone is out cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily. 失去知覺的; 沉睡的

She was out cold but still breathing. 她失去了知覺，但還在呼吸。