chill

C1 CET-4 大学 FREQ #3201 ★★☆☆☆

n. 寒冷, 寒意, 失意 a. 寒冷的, 冷漠的 vt. 使寒心, 冷冻 vi. 变冷

发音

US /tʃɪl/
UK /tʃɪl/
NZ /tʃəl/
/dʒɪl(lɯ)/

词形变化

chills 复数 chills chilled chillest chilleth chilling chills 三单 chilling 现在分词 chilled 过去式 chilled 过去分词 chiller more chill 比较级 most chill 最高级

别名

ch'ill 'chill

教材释义与例句

名词

寒冷;寒意;寒心

动词

冷冻,冷藏;使寒心;使感到冷

动词

冷藏;变冷

形容词

寒冷的;冷漠的;扫兴的

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A moderate, but uncomfortable and penetrating coldness.

    可数 不可数

    There was a chill in the air.

  2. 2.

    A sudden penetrating sense of cold, especially one that causes a brief trembling nerve response through the body; the trembling response itself; often associated with illness: fevers and chills, or susceptibility to illness.

    寒气

    可数 不可数

    Close the window or you'll catch a chill.

    I felt a chill when the wind picked up.

  3. 3.

    An uncomfortable and numbing sense of fear, dread, anxiety, or alarm, often one that is sudden and usually accompanied by a trembling nerve response resembling the body's response to biting cold.

    可数 不可数

    Despite the heat, he felt a chill as he entered the crime scene.

    The actor's eerie portrayal sent chills through the audience.

    His menacing presence cast a chill over everyone.

  4. 4.

    An iron mould or portion of a mould, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    The hardened part of a casting, such as the tread of a carriage wheel.

    可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    A lack of warmth and cordiality; unfriendliness.

    可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    Calmness; equanimity.

    可数 不可数
  8. 8.

    A sense of style; trendiness; savoir faire.

    可数 不可数
  9. 9.

    A chilling effect; an atmosphere of this.

    可数 不可数
v. C1
  1. 1.

    To lower the temperature of something; to cool.

    使变冷

    及物

    Chill before serving.

  2. 2.

    To become cold.

    不及物

    In the wind he chilled quickly.

  3. 3.

    To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.

    及物 工程
  4. 4.

    To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.

    不及物 俚语

    Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.

    The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.

  5. 5.

    To become hard by rapid cooling.

    不及物 工程
  6. 6.

    To smoke marijuana.

    不及物 俚语

    On Friday night do you wanna chill?

  7. 7.

    To discourage, depress.

    比喻 及物

    Censorship chills public discourse.

  8. 8.

    To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.

    不及物 俚语

    Hey, we should chill this weekend.

    He likes to chill with his friends on Saturdays.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Moderately cold or chilly.

    A chill wind was blowing down the street.

  2. 2.

    Unwelcoming; not cordial.

    Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.

  3. 3.

    Calm, relaxed, easygoing.

    俚语

    The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.

    Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.

  4. 4.

    "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.

    俚语

    That new movie was chill, man.

  5. 5.

    Okay, not a problem.

    俚语

    Sorry about that. —It's chill.

contr.
  1. 1.

    I will

    废旧

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil. Also akin to cool, cold, gel, and congeal, which see.

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