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having a lower than usual temperature; having a temperature lower than the human body 寒冷的；冷的 I'm cold. Turn the heating up. 我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。 to feel cold 感觉冷 cold weather/temperatures/air 寒冷的天气/温度/空气 a cold day/night/winter/wind 寒冷的白天/夜晚/冬天/风 a cold room/house 寒冷的房间／屋子 cold hands and feet 冷手凉脚 a cold beer 冰镇啤酒 hot and cold water in every room 每个房间都供给的冷热水 I was thoroughly cold and wet now. 我现在又冷又湿。 It's freezing cold. 天气寒冷彻骨。 Hurry up—your dinner's getting cold 快点——你的晚餐要凉了 a bitterly cold morning 寒冷的早晨 You look cold. Do you want to go back indoors? 你看起来很冷。你想回到室内吗？ Isn't it cold today? 今天真冷，是不是？ It has suddenly turned very cold. 天气突然变得很冷。 the coldest May on record 有记载以来最冷的五月 - (British English)
The water has gone cold. 水已变凉。
Extra ExamplesTopics Weathera1, Geographya1I'm afraid the coffee's gone cold. 恐怕咖啡已经凉了。 In January it turned very cold. 一月份天气变得很冷。 It's bitterly cold outside. 外面寒冷刺骨。 The rain overnight had made the water cold. 一夜的雨使水变得很凉。 The room grew cold. 这个房间越来越冷了。 There was a freezing cold wind. 有一股寒冷的风。 Use ice to keep the drinks cold. 用冰使饮料保持冰凉。 Your dinner's getting cold. 你的饭要凉了。 Every room has hot and cold water. 每个房间都有冷热水。 It grew colder as the evening came. 夜幕降临，天气变得更冷了。 It was the coldest winter on record. 这是有记录以来最冷的冬天。 The stream was icy cold. 溪水冰冷彻骨。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not heated; cooled after being cooked 未热过的；已凉的；冷却的 a cold drink 冷饮 Hot and cold food is available in the cafeteria. 自助餐厅有冷热食物供应。 Bake in the oven for twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold. 在烤炉里烤 20 分钟，热食或凉食均可。 It's cold chicken for lunch. 午餐有鸡肉冷盘。 a lunch of cold meat and salad 冷肉和沙拉的午餐
Synonyms coldcold- cool
- freezing
- chilly
- lukewarm
- tepid
- cold having a temperature that is lower than usual or lower than the human body; (of food or drink) not heated; cooled after being cooked:
I’m cold. Turn the heating up. 我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。 Outside it was bitterly cold. 外面非常寒冷。 a cold wind 寒风 hot and cold water 热水和凉水 It’s cold chicken for lunch. 午餐有鸡肉冷盘。
- cool (often approving
) fairly cold, especially in a pleasant way: 指凉爽的、凉快的： a long cool drink 一大口冷饮 We found a cool place to sit. 我们找了一个凉快的地方坐下来。
- freezing extremely cold; having a temperature below 0° Celsius:
It’s absolutely freezing outside. 外面冷得不得了。 I’m freezing! 我要冻僵了！
- chilly (rather informal
) too cold to be comfortable: 指寒冷的、阴冷的： Bring a coat. It might turn chilly later. 带件大衣，过一会儿天气可能会变冷。
- lukewarm (often disapproving
) slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant way: 指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的： Her coffee was now lukewarm. 她的咖啡变得微温。
- tepid (often disapproving
) slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant way: 指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的： a jug of tepid water 一壶温水
lukewarm or tepid? 用 lukewarm 还是 tepid？ - to feel/get cold/cool/chilly
- cold/cool/freezing/chilly air/weather
- a cold/cool/freezing/chilly wind
- cold/cool/freezing/lukewarm/tepid water
- a cold/cool/lukewarm/tepid shower/bath
- cold/lukewarm/tepid tea/coffee/food
- a cold/cool drink
- It’s cold/chilly/freezing outside.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person 人 without emotion; not friendly 冷漠的；不友好的 to give somebody a cold look/stare 冷冷地看/盯着某人 Her manner was cold and distant. 她的态度冷漠而疏远。 He was staring at her with cold eyes. 他用冷漠的眼光盯着她。 - cold towards/to somebody
She was very cold towards me. 她对我很冷淡。 He received a cold welcome. 他受到冷淡的接待[款待]。
Extra ExamplesI found him a rather cold person. 我发现他是个相当冷漠的人。 He was portrayed as a cold, calculating terrorist. 他被描绘成一个冷酷而工于心计的恐怖分子。 She gave David a cold look of disapproval. 她冷冷地看了大卫一眼，表示不同意。
seeming to lack any warm feeling, in an unpleasant way 冷的；冷色的；寒色的 clear cold light 清寒的光 cold grey skies 冷灰色的天空
not easy to find 不易发现的 used in children’s games to say that the person playing is not close to finding a person or thing, or to guessing the correct answer （儿童游戏中）离目标远的，未猜中的 - out cold [not before noun] (informal)
unconscious 失去知觉 - the cold facts/truth
facts with nothing added to make them more interesting or pleasant 真实的；客观的
low temperature低温
food/drink食物；饮料
not friendly不友好
light/colours光线；颜色
route路径
in games游戏
unconscious失去知觉
facts事实
Word OriginOld English cald, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koud and German kalt, also to Latin gelu ‘frost’.
Idioms
blow hot and cold (about something)
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to change your opinion about something often 拿不定主意；出尔反尔
a cold fish
a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions 冷漠无情的人
get/have cold feet
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to suddenly become nervous about doing something that you had planned to do 临阵胆怯；畏缩
give somebody the cold shoulder
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to treat somebody in a way that is not friendly 冷漠对待；使受到冷遇
go hot and cold
to experience a sudden feeling of fear or worry 突然感到害怕（或焦虑）
in cold blood
acting in a way that is deliberately cruel 残忍地；蓄意地；冷酷地；无情地 to kill somebody in cold blood 残忍地杀害某人
in the cold light of day
leave somebody cold
make somebody’s blood run cold
to make somebody very frightened or fill them with horror 使某人不寒而栗（或毛骨悚然） The sound of laughter in the empty house made my blood run cold. 空荡荡的房子里的笑声让我毛骨悚然。 Our blood ran cold at the thought of how easily we could have been killed. 一想到当时很容易就会被杀掉，我们就吓得浑身冰凉。
pour/throw cold water on something
to give reasons for not being in favour of something; to criticize something 泼冷水；批评；责备 She immediately poured cold water on his plans to expand the business. 她立即对他拓展业务的计划泼冷水。