come in from the cold

短语

发音

UK /ˈkʌm ˌɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkəʊ̯ld/
CA /ˈkʌm ˌɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkoʊ̯ld/
US /ˈkʌm ˌɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkoʊ̯ld/
AU /ˈkɐm ˌɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkəʉ̯ld/
NZ /ˈkɐm ˌən fɹəm ðə ˈkɐʉ̯ld/
SCOT /ˈkʌm ˌɪn fɹəm ðə ˈkold/
IN /ˈkəm ˌɪn fɾom d̪e ˈkoːlɖ/

词形变化

came in from the cold comen in from the cold comes in from the cold 三单 comes in from the cold coming in from the cold coming in from the cold 现在分词 came in from the cold 过去式

别名

come in out of the cold

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    Of a spy: to return home after having gone undercover in enemy territory.

    习语 不及物 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.

    比喻 习语 不及物

    Long an outsider in Western politics, Portugal came in from the cold after the 1974 Carnation Revolution.

词源

Literally, the term refers to someone who is outdoors when the weather is cold coming indoors to a warm place. The idiomatic senses were popularized by the title of the novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) by the British author John le Carré (1931–2020); “the Cold” is a pun on the Cold War, during which the novel is set.

来源：wiktionary