一、详细释义:
adj.
寒冷的
例句:
No person would dawdle in the street on such a cold winter night.
在这样寒冷的寒夜,没人会在街上闲逛。
例句:
He is loath to get out of bed on cold mornings.
在寒冷的早晨他讨厌起床。
冷淡的,无情的,不热情的
例句:
He couldn't pierce her cold reserve.
他没能打破她冷淡的缄默。
例句:
The cold, insolent voice held an unmistakable confidence.
那冷淡、无礼的声音带有一种坚定不移的信心。
失去知觉的
例句:
The ball hit Dick in the head and knocked him out cold for ten minutes.
球打中迪克的头,使他失去知觉有十分钟之久。
例句:
He was knocked out cold in the second round.
他在第二轮中被击倒失去了知觉。
adv.
【美】【口】完全地
例句:
He has to quit cold.
他不得不完全放弃。
n.
寒冷
例句:
He must have come inside to get out of the cold.
他肯定是进来避寒的。
例句:
His feet were blue with cold.
他的脚冻得发紫。
感冒 [C]
例句:
She is in bed with an awful cold.
她得了重感冒而卧病在床。
例句:
He has a bad cold and his nose is stuffed up.
他患重感冒,鼻子塞住了。
二、词义辨析:
cold,cool,chilly,frosty,freezing,icy
这些形容词均含“冷、凉”之意。cold最普通用词,强调缺乏温暖,使人不舒服。cool指既不太热也不太冷。chilly指使哆嗦的冷。frosty指雾气在寒冷物体的表面凝结成薄冰时的严寒结霜的温度。freezing指使人僵直,使东西凝固的冷。icy多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。
三、相关短语:
cold comfort
n.简直不起作用的安慰
cold cream
n.雪花膏,冷霜(一种化妆品)
cold feet
n.信心或勇气之丧失,胆怯
cold shoulder
phr.【俗】冷淡,轻视;碰一鼻子灰
cold spell
一段寒冷的气候,寒潮
cold storage
n. 冷藏,停顿
cold war
n.冷战(国与国之间在军事以外的外交上、经济上和心理上的斗争)
cold wave
n.寒潮,冷烫
in cold blood
adv.残忍地
pour cold water on
对…泼冷水,使沮丧,挫伤…的积极性
throw cold water on
v. 泼冷水
cold chisel
錾子
四、参考例句:
I like cold weather.
我喜欢寒冷的天气。
It was bitterly cold.
天气冷得刺骨。
It's cold today.
今天很冷。
Too cold for you
对你来说太冷?
They have colds.
他们得了感冒。
It's cold tonight.
今天晚上很冷。
I have a cold.
我感冒了。