cold

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n. 感冒, 寒冷 a. 寒冷的, 冷淡的, 冷静的 adv. 完全地

发音

UK /kəʊld/
UK /kʰɔʊɫd/
UK /kʰɒʊɫd/
UK /kɔwld/
其它 /kɔwld/
UK /kʰɔw(ɫ)d/
其它 /kʰɔw(ɫ)d/
SCOT /kold/
SCOT /kʰoɫd/
其它 /kould/
其它 /kʰouɫd/
其它 /kowld/
其它 /qʰowd/
其它 /kaːd/
其它 /kaʊld/
US /koʊld/
CA /kɔːld/
其它 /kɔːld/
US /kɔːld/
NZ /kaʉld/
NZ /kʰɒʊ(ɫ)d/

词形变化

colds 复数 colds colder 比较级 colder coldest coldest 最高级 more cold 比较级 most cold 最高级

别名

RICE colde cowld

教材释义与例句

名词

寒冷;感冒

a common illness that makes it difficult to breathe through your nose and often makes your throat hurt

形容词

寒冷的;冷淡的,不热情的;失去知觉的

something that is cold has a low temperature

副词

完全地

suddenly and completely

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

    可数 医学 不可数

    I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week

  2. 2.

    Rheum; sleepy dust.

    感冒

    俚语 不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    A condition of low temperature.

    寒冷

    不可数 可数

    Come in, out of the cold.

  4. 4.

    A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

    可数 比喻 不可数

    The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Having a low temperature.

    A cold wind whistled through the trees.

  2. 2.

    Causing the air to be cold.

    寒冷

    The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

  3. 3.

    Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

    She was so cold she was shivering.

  4. 4.

    Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

    冷漠

    冰冷

    She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

  5. 5.

    Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.

  6. 6.

    Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

    Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.

    He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.

    The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.

  7. 7.

    Completely unprepared; without introduction.

    He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

  8. 8.

    Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

    I knocked him out cold.

    After one more beer he passed out cold.

  9. 9.

    Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

    Practice your music scales until you know them cold.

    Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.

    Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.

    Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.

  10. 10.

    Cornered; done for.

    With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.

    Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.

  11. 11.

    Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

    废旧
  12. 12.

    Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

    a cold scent

  13. 13.

    Not sensitive; not acute.

    废旧
  14. 14.

    Cool, impressive.

    俚语
  15. 15.

    Not pungent or acrid.

    废旧
  16. 16.

    Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

    You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!

  17. 17.

    Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

    艺术
  18. 18.

    Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

    计算机 工程 数学
  19. 19.

    Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

    非正式

    I can't believe she said that...that was cold!

  20. 20.

    Not radioactive.

    非正式
  21. 21.

    Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.

    工程 政治 军事
  22. 22.

    Without electrical power being supplied.

adv.
  1. 1.

    At a low temperature.

    The steel was processed cold.

  2. 2.

    Without preparation.

    The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

  3. 3.

    In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

    过时 非正式 俚语

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English cold, colde, from Old English cald, ċeald (“cold, coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kald, from Proto-Germanic *kaldą (“coldness”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“cold”). Cognates Compare Saterland Frisian Keelde (“cold”), West Frisian kjeld (“cold”), Dutch koude (“cold”), German Low German Kolle, Koll (“cold”), German Kälte (“cold”), Danish kulde (“cold”), Swedish köld (“cold”), Norwegian kulde (“cold”), Icelandic kuldi (“cold”).

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