colder

英 [ˈkəʊldə]

美 [ˈkoʊldər]

adv.  突然; 完全; 毫无准备地
adj.  寒冷的; 冷的; 未热过的; 已凉的; 冷却的; 冷漠的; 不友好的
cold的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 冷的;冰凉的
  Something that iscoldhas a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
  1. Rinse the vegetables under cold running water...
     用凉的自来水清洗这些蔬菜。
  2. He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold...
     他想要杯不凉不热的茶。
  3. Your dinner's getting cold.
     你的饭快凉了。
• ADJ-GRADED (天气或地方)冷的，寒冷的
  If it iscold, or if a place iscold, the temperature of the air is very low.
  1. It was bitterly cold...
     天冷得刺骨。
  2. The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on...
     屋里很冷，因为我没钱付暖气费。
  3. This is the coldest winter I can remember.
     这是我记忆中最冷的一个冬天。
• N-UNCOUNT 冷;寒冷
  Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to asthe cold.
  1. He must have come inside to get out of the cold...
     他肯定是进来避寒的。
  2. His feet were blue with cold.
     他的脚冻得发紫。
• ADJ-GRADED （人）感觉冷的，寒冷的
  If you arecold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature.
  1. I was freezing cold...
     我快冻僵了。
  2. I'm hungry, I'm cold and I've nowhere to sleep.
     我饥寒交迫，甚至连睡觉的地方都没有。

If you want to emphasize how cold the weather is, you can say that it isfreezing, especially in winter when there is ice or frost. In summer, if the temperature is below average, you can say that it iscool. In general,coldsuggests a lower temperature thancool, andcoolthings may be pleasant or refreshing.A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there.If it is verycoolor toocool, you can also say that it ischilly.
如果要强调天气冷，尤其是在冬天有冰或霜时，可以说 freezing。在夏天，如果气温低于平均气温，可以说 cool。一般来说，cold 表示的温度比 cool 低，cool 含有舒服或凉爽之意：A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there (一阵凉爽的微风拂过海面，让人感觉外面十分舒服)。如果天气很凉甚至太凉，可以用 chilly。

• ADJ (食物)凉的，冷的
  Coldfood, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot.
  1. A wide variety of hot and cold snacks will be available.
     会有各种冷热小吃。
  2. ...cold meats.
     冷肉
• ADJ-GRADED (色彩或光)冷的，冷色调的
  Coldcolours orcoldlight give an impression of coldness.
  1. Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.
     通常，绘画中暖色调为近感色，而冷色调为远感色。
  2. ...the cold blue light from a streetlamp.
     街灯发出的幽幽蓝光
• ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;冷酷的;不热情的
  Acoldperson does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice iscold, they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way.
  1. What a cold, unfeeling woman she was...
     她真是个冷酷无情的女人！
  2. 'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.
     “把她打发走。”伊芙冷酷无情地说道。
• ADJ-GRADED (痕迹或气味)已变淡的
  Acoldtrail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow.
  1. He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones.
     他能循着地面上甚至是石头上留下的淡淡的痕迹展开追踪。
• 远未猜中的
  If you say that someone iscoldwhen they are trying to guess the answer to a question or puzzle, you mean that they are thinking about it in the wrong way and are going to give a wrong answer.
• 感冒;伤风
  If you have acold, you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough.
• See also:common cold
• PHRASE 患感冒
  If youcatch cold, orcatch a cold, you become ill with a cold.
  1. Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold.
     我们把头发吹干，这样就不会感冒。
• PHRASE 未能打动;未能激起…的兴趣
  If somethingleavesyoucold, it fails to excite or interest you.
  1. Lawrence is one of those writers who either excite you enormously or leave you cold.
     劳伦斯是那种要么让人激动不已，要么让人觉得索然无味的作家。
• PHRASE 昏迷的;失去知觉的;睡得很沉的
  If someone isout cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily.
  1. She was out cold but still breathing.
     她处于昏迷状态，但还有呼吸。
• PHRASE 被忽视;受冷落
  If you say that a person, group, or country has been leftout in the cold, you mean that they have been ignored by others rather than being invited to take part in some activity with them.
  1. Developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks.
     在目前的世界贸易洽谈中，发展中国家可能会受到冷落。
• in cold blood→ see:blood

双语例句

• It's getting colder and colder from now on.
  往后的天气越来越冷了。
• This anomaly may result from increases in snowfall in the higher latitude and therefore colder karakorams, where snow and ice are less vulnerable to small temperature increases.
  这种反常现象也许可以解释为：喀拉昆仑山脉地处高纬度地区，那里的降雪量在增加，气温也更冷，冰川受全球变暖的影响较小。
• It seems the weather will get colder.
  看来天气还会冷下去。
• What strange weather, it's colder at noon than early in the morning!
  今天天气真怪，中午比早晨都冷。
• Today is even colder than yesterday.
  今天比昨天还冷。
• As the sun fell behind the mountains, the air grew colder.
  当太阳落山时，空气变得凉爽起来。
• Soon, the rain got colder and actually started to sleet for a few minutes before getting warmer again.
  不久，雨了寒冷和实际开工雨夹雪几分钟之前，温暖了。
• I sat on the ground, which made me colder.
  然后我坐在了地上，那使我更冷了。
• The snow has stopped, yet it's getting colder.
  雪停了，反倒冷了。
• The weather turned colder, and I wondered if they had quilts where Rou Shi was.
  天气愈冷了，我不知道柔石在那里有被褥不？