cold
adjective /kəʊld/
/kəʊld/
(comparative colder, superlative coldest)
Idioms - having a lower than usual temperature; having a temperature lower than the human body
寒冷的；冷的 - I'm cold. Turn the heating up.
我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。 - to feel cold
感觉冷 - cold weather/temperatures/air
寒冷的天气/温度/空气 - a cold day/night/winter/wind
寒冷的白天/夜晚/冬天/风 - a cold room/house
寒冷的房间／屋子 - cold hands and feet
冷手凉脚 - a cold beer
冰镇啤酒 - hot and cold water in every room
每个房间都供给的冷热水 - I was thoroughly cold and wet now.
我现在又冷又湿。 - It's freezing cold.
天气寒冷彻骨。 - Hurry up—your dinner's getting cold
快点——你的晚餐要凉了 - a bitterly cold morning
寒冷的早晨 - You look cold. Do you want to go back indoors?
你看起来很冷。你想回到室内吗？ - Isn't it cold today?
今天真冷，是不是？ - It has suddenly turned very cold.
天气突然变得很冷。 - the coldest May on record
有记载以来最冷的五月 - (British English) The water has gone cold.
水已变凉。
Topics Weathera1, Geographya1- I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold.
恐怕咖啡已经凉了。 - In January it turned very cold.
一月份天气变得很冷。 - It's bitterly cold outside.
外面寒冷刺骨。 - The rain overnight had made the water cold.
一夜的雨使水变得很凉。 - The room grew cold.
这个房间越来越冷了。 - There was a freezing cold wind.
有一股寒冷的风。 - Use ice to keep the drinks cold.
用冰使饮料保持冰凉。 - Your dinner's getting cold.
你的饭要凉了。 - Every room has hot and cold water.
每个房间都有冷热水。 - It grew colder as the evening came.
夜幕降临，天气变得更冷了。 - It was the coldest winter on record.
这是有记录以来最冷的冬天。 - The stream was icy cold.
溪水冰冷彻骨。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- look
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- I'm cold. Turn the heating up.
- not heated; cooled after being cooked
未热过的；已凉的；冷却的 - a cold drink
冷饮 - Hot and cold food is available in the cafeteria.
自助餐厅有冷热食物供应。 - Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold.
在烤炉里烤 20 分钟，热食或凉食均可。 - It's cold chicken for lunch.
午餐有鸡肉冷盘。 - a lunch of cold meat and salad
冷肉和沙拉的午餐
Synonyms coldcold- cool
- freezing
- chilly
- lukewarm
- tepid
- cold having a temperature that is lower than usual or lower than the human body; (of food or drink) not heated; cooled after being cooked:
- I’m cold. Turn the heating up.
我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。 - Outside it was bitterly cold.
外面非常寒冷。 - a cold wind
寒风 - hot and cold water
热水和凉水 - It’s cold chicken for lunch.
午餐有鸡肉冷盘。
- I’m cold. Turn the heating up.
- cool (often approving) fairly cold, especially in a pleasant way:
指凉爽的、凉快的： - a long cool drink
一大口冷饮 - We found a cool place to sit.
我们找了一个凉快的地方坐下来。
- a long cool drink
- freezing extremely cold; having a temperature below 0° Celsius:
- It’s absolutely freezing outside.
外面冷得不得了。 - I’m freezing!
我要冻僵了！
- It’s absolutely freezing outside.
- chilly (rather informal) too cold to be comfortable:
指寒冷的、阴冷的： - Bring a coat. It might turn chilly later.
带件大衣，过一会儿天气可能会变冷。
- Bring a coat. It might turn chilly later.
- lukewarm (often disapproving) slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant way:
指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的： - Her coffee was now lukewarm.
她的咖啡变得微温。
- Her coffee was now lukewarm.
- tepid (often disapproving) slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant way:
指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的： - a jug of tepid water
一壶温水
- a jug of tepid water
用 lukewarm 还是 tepid？ - to feel/get cold/cool/chilly
- cold/cool/freezing/chilly air/weather
- a cold/cool/freezing/chilly wind
- cold/cool/freezing/lukewarm/tepid water
- a cold/cool/lukewarm/tepid shower/bath
- cold/lukewarm/tepid tea/coffee/food
- a cold/cool drink
- It’s cold/chilly/freezing outside.
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- get
- go
- …
- stone
- a cold drink
- (of a person
人 冷漠的；不友好的 - to give somebody a cold look/stare
冷冷地看/盯着某人 - Her manner was cold and distant.
她的态度冷漠而疏远。 - He was staring at her with cold eyes.
他用冷漠的眼光盯着她。 - cold towards/to somebody She was very cold towards me.
她对我很冷淡。 - He received a cold welcome.
他受到冷淡的接待[款待]。
- I found him a rather cold person.
我发现他是个相当冷漠的人。 - He was portrayed as a cold, calculating terrorist.
他被描绘成一个冷酷而工于心计的恐怖分子。 - She gave David a cold look of disapproval.
她冷冷地看了大卫一眼，表示不同意。
- to give somebody a cold look/stare
- seeming to lack any warm feeling, in an unpleasant way
冷的；冷色的；寒色的 - clear cold light
清寒的光 - cold grey skies
冷灰色的天空
- clear cold light
- not easy to find
不易发现的 - The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the trail went cold.
警察追踪抢劫犯到了机场，但是后来却失去了他们的踪迹。
- The police followed the robbers to the airport but then the trail went cold.
- used in children’s games to say that the person playing is not close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer
（儿童游戏中）离目标远的，未猜中的 - out cold [not before noun] (informal) unconscious
失去知觉 - He was knocked out cold in the second round.
他在第二轮中被击倒，失去了知觉。
- He was knocked out cold in the second round.
- the cold facts/truth facts with nothing added to make them more interesting or pleasant
真实的；客观的
low temperature低温
food/drink食物；饮料
not friendly不友好
light/colours光线；颜色
route路径
in games游戏
unconscious失去知觉
facts事实
词源Old English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.
Idioms
blow hot and cold (about something)
- (informal) to change your opinion about something often
拿不定主意；出尔反尔
a cold fish
- a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions
冷漠无情的人
get/have cold feet
- (informal) to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do
临阵胆怯；畏缩 - He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing.
他本来是想问她的，可事到临头他却胆怯得什么也没有说。
- He was going to ask her but he got cold feet and said nothing.
give somebody the cold shoulder
- (informal) to treat somebody in a way that is not friendly
冷漠对待；使受到冷遇
go hot and cold
- to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry
突然感到害怕（或焦虑） - When the phone rang I just went hot and cold.
电话铃响时我吓得一阵冷一阵热。
- When the phone rang I just went hot and cold.
in cold blood
- acting in a way that is deliberately cruel
残忍地；蓄意地；冷酷地；无情地 - to kill somebody in cold blood
残忍地杀害某人
- to kill somebody in cold blood
in the cold light of day
- when you have had time to think calmly about something; in the morning when things are clearer
有时间冷静考虑时；在头脑更清醒些的第二天早晨 - These things always look different in the cold light of day.
这些事情在冷静地考虑后总会显得不同。
- These things always look different in the cold light of day.
leave somebody cold
- to fail to affect or interest somebody
未打动某人；无法引起某人的兴趣 - Most modern art leaves me cold.
大多数的现代艺术引不起我的兴趣。
- Most modern art leaves me cold.
make somebody’s blood run cold
- to make somebody very frightened or fill them with horror
使某人不寒而栗（或毛骨悚然） - The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold.
空荡荡的房子里的笑声让我毛骨悚然。 - Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed.
一想到当时很容易就会被杀掉，我们就吓得浑身冰凉。
- The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold.
pour/throw cold water on something
- to give reasons for not being in favour of something; to criticize something
泼冷水；批评；责备 - She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business.
她立即对他拓展业务的计划泼冷水。
- She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business.