cold
- IPA[kəʊld]
英式
- of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body；(of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold
- a low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment；a common infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, and a sore throat
- completely; entirely
noun: cold, plural noun: colds
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- 片語
形容詞
- 1. of or at a low or relatively low temperature, especially when compared with the human body a freezing cold day it's cold outside 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of a person) feeling uncomfortably cold she was cold, and I put some more wood on the fire 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of food or drink) served or consumed without being heated or after cooling a cold drink serve hot or cold
- ▪ feeling or characterized by fear or horror a cold shiver of fear
- ▪ informal unconscious she was out cold
- ▪ dead lying cold and stiff in a coffin
- 2. lacking affection or warmth of feeling; unemotional how cold and calculating he was cold black eyes 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ not affected by emotion; objective cold statistics
- ▪ sexually unresponsive; frigid Elise was cold and barren
- ▪ depressing or dispiriting; not suggestive of warmth a cold light streamed through the window
- ▪ (of a colour) containing pale blue or grey.
- 3. (of the scent or trail of a hunted person or animal) no longer fresh and easy to follow the trail went cold
- ▪ (in children's games) far from finding or guessing what is sought.
- 4. without preparation or rehearsal they went into the test cold
- ▪ informal at one's mercy they had him cold
名詞
- 1. a low temperature; cold weather; a cold environment my teeth chattered with the cold they nearly died of cold
- 2. a common infection in which the mucous membrane of the nose and throat becomes inflamed, typically causing running at the nose, sneezing, and a sore throat Suzie's got a cold a bad cold
副詞
- 1. North American informal completely; entirely we stopped cold behind a turn in the staircase
