freezing ♦︎ icy ♦︎ snowy ♦︎ wintry ♦︎ frozen ♦︎ bitter ♦︎ frostyThese words all describe sb/sth that is extremely cold.这些词均表示极冷的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆freezing / icy / snowy / wintry / bitter / frosty weather◆freezing / icy / snowy / wintry / frozen / frosty conditions◆a freezing / an icy / a wintry / a bitter wind◆freezing / icy / wintry / frosty air◆a freezing / an icy / a snowy / a wintry / a frosty day / night / morning◆freezing / icy / bitter cold◆a freezing / an icy / a bitter winter◆freezing / icy water◆an icy / a snowy / a wintry / a frozen landscape◆I'm freezing / frozen.◆It's freezing / bitter outside.■freezingextremely cold; having a temperature below 0° Celsius极冷的;冰冻的;冰点以下的◆It's absolutely freezing outside.外面简直太冷了。◆I'm freezing! Close the window!我要冻僵了!关上窗户!◆Expect icy roads and freezing fog tonight.预计今晚路面会结冰,还会出现冰雾。OPPboiling ⇨ hot see also freeze ⇨ coolverb▸freezing
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◆It was a freezing cold morning.那是个严寒的早晨。■icy ˈaɪsi (especiallywritten) (of weather, air and landscapes) extremely cold; covered with ice(天气或空气)冰冷的,冰冻的;(地貌)覆盖着冰的,结满冰的◆An icy blast(= of wind) hit them.一阵凛冽的寒风向他们袭来。◆the icy wastes of the Russian Steppes俄罗斯大草原的冰冻荒原◆The car skidded on the icy road.汽车在结冰的路上打滑。▸icy
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◆The water was icy cold.水冰冷刺骨。■snowycovered with snow; when a lot of snow falls被雪覆盖的;下雪多的◆snowy fields / peaks雪野;雪峰◆a snowy weekend大雪纷飞的周末◆The weather in January is often cold and snowy.1月的天气往往寒冷又多雪。■wintry(of weather, air and landscapes) very cold and typical of winter(天气、空气和地貌)寒冷的,冬天的,冬令的◆The weather will turn wintry over the next few days.接下来的几天天气将转冷。◆There will still be one or two wintry showers(= with snow or sleet)around.还将出现一两场冬季的雨夹雪。◆She gazed out at the wintry landscape(= with frost and snow).她向外凝视着冬景。NOTE辨析 Icy or wintry?Icy just means 'extremely cold' and is used especially about wind, especially in literary writing. Wintry suggests snow and frost as well as cold; it is used in literary writing and also in spoken weather forecasts on televsion or the radio. * icy仅表示极冷,尤指风,尤用于文学作品中。wintry除了表示寒冷外,还意味着有雪和霜,既用于文学作品中,亦用于电视或广播的口头天气预报中。■frozenˈfrəʊzn; NAmEˈfroʊzn(of people or parts of the body) extremely cold; (of rivers, lakes or landscape) with a layer of ice on the surface(人或身体部位)冻僵的,极冷的;(江河湖泊或地貌)冰封的,封冻的,结冰的◆My hands are frozen.我的手冻僵了。◆The surface of the lake is permanently frozen.这个湖的表面是长年冰封的。◆You look frozen stiff.你看来冻僵了。 see also freeze ⇨ coolverb■bitter (disapproving) (of weather) extremely cold and unpleasant(天气)严寒的,冷得难受的◆They had no protection against the bitter cold.他们抵御不了严寒。◆It's really bitter out today.今天户外的确很冷。■frosty(of weather) cold with frost(= when a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground); covered with frost(天气)霜冻的,严寒的;结霜的◆It was a bright, frosty day.那是晴朗而霜寒的一天。◆I looked out over the frosty fields.我向外望着结霜的田野。▸frost
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[uncountable, countable] ◆It will be a clear night with some ground frost.今夜晴,部分地面有霜冻。◆a sharp / hard / severe frost酷寒