coldness

英 [ˈkəʊldnəs]

美 [ˈkoʊldnəs]

n.  冷淡; 冷漠; 不友好的举止; 冷; 寒冷

BNC.16048 / COCA.19997

牛津词典

noun

• 冷淡；冷漠；不友好的举止
  the lack of warm feelings; unfriendly behaviour
  1. She was hurt by the coldness in his voice.
     他说话的冷漠语气让她很伤心。
• 冷；寒冷
  the state of being cold
  1. the icy coldness of the water
     冰冷彻骨的水

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

英英释义

noun

• a lack of affection or enthusiasm
  1. a distressing coldness of tone and manner
  Synonym:coolnessfrigidityfrigidnessicinesschilliness
• the absence of heat
  1. the coldness made our breath visible
  2. come in out of the cold
  3. cold is a vasoconstrictor
  Synonym:coldlow temperaturefrigidityfrigidness
• the sensation produced by low temperatures
  1. he shivered from the cold
  2. the cold helped clear his head
  Synonym:cold

双语例句

• Just then she could ill brook coldness from any one.
  她目前决不能让任何人对他冷淡。
• Eg. he does not seem to get aware of the coldness of their attitude towards his appeal.
  他好象没有意识到大家对他呼吁冷淡。
• She had always been her father's favourite and she could not understand his coldness now.
  她一直是父亲的掌上明珠，她无法理解如今他何以如此地冷漠无情。
• Mr Edgar's coldness depressed me exceedingly;
  埃德加先生的冷淡使我非常难过；
• Nevertheless, from grandpa I've learned that apart from coldness and hatred, there is also warmth and love in life.
  可是从祖父那里，知道了人生除掉了冰冷和憎恶而外，还有温暖和爱。
• To rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial.
  断然拒绝；粗鲁、冷漠地拒绝；否定。
• Another effect of coldness appears in metal.
  低温的另一个效应表现在金属中。
• But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.
  但所有这些在她心里头无情的冷酷和绝望的驱策面前都让步了。
• His coldness was not always apparent.
  他的冷淡并非总是显而易见。
• This answer, abrupt as it seems to us, expressed no coldness or discourtesy.
  在我们听来，这似乎是唐突无礼，其实它并非冷淡或失敬。