gelid

a. 冰似的, 冷的, 极寒的, 冷漠的 [医] 冰冷的

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd/
US /ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd/
US /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əd/

词形变化

more gelid 比较级 most gelid 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Very cold; icy or frosty; frigid.

    文学

    For a while he stares out of the window. It is twilight - cold, deepening twilight. Over the roofs of the opposite house-backs, two garden lengths away, the sky is gelid, luminous, sad. A quiet albescent yellow. Everything is very still.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

polar arctic icy frigid glacial

近义相关 1

cold

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gel- Latin gelū̆ Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin gelidus English gelid First attested in 1630. From Latin gelidus (“cold”), from gelu (“frost”).

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