英汉词典

cold 基本解释

• adj. 寒冷的；冷淡的，不热情的；失去知觉的
• n. 寒冷；感冒
• adv. 完全地

cold 词态变化

cold 中文词源

来自PIE*gel, 冷，词源同glacier, jelly.

cold 英文词源

cold

cold: [OE] Cold is a word of ancient roots. It can be traced back to the Indo-European base *gel-, *gol-, which also produced Latin gelu ‘frost’, ultimate source of English congeal, gel, and jelly. Its prehistoric Germanic descendant was *kal-, *kōl-, from which English gets cool, probably chill, and, via a past participial adjective *kaldaz, cold. The noun use of the adjective dates back to Old English times, but the sense ‘viral infection of the nose, throat, etc’ is a 16th- century development.
=> chill, congeal, cool, gel, jelly

cold (adj.)

Old English cald (Anglian), ceald (West Saxon) "cold, cool" (adj.), "coldness," from Proto-Germanic *kaldaz (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon kald, Old High German and German kalt, Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds "cold"), possibly a past participle adjective of *kal-/*kol-, from PIE root *gel-/*gol- "cold" (cognates: Latin gelare "to freeze," gelu "frost," glacies "ice").

Meaning "not strong" (in reference to scent) is 1590s, from hunting. Cold front in weather is from 1921. Cold-call in the sales pitch sense first recorded 1972. Japanese has two words for "cold:" samui for coldness in the atmosphere or environment; tsumetai for things which are cold to touch, and also in the figurative sense, with reference to personalities, behaviors, etc.

cold (n.)

c. 1300, "coldness," from cold (adj.). Sense in common cold is 1530s, from symptoms resembling those of exposure to cold; compare earlier senses "indisposition caused by exposure to cold" (early 14c.); "discomfort caused by cold" (c. 1300).

cold 词组搭配

cold 英文释义

1. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

"will they never find a cure for the common cold?"

2. the absence of heat;

"the coldness made our breath visible"

"come in out of the cold"

"cold is a vasoconstrictor"

3. the sensation produced by low temperatures;

"he shivered from the cold"

"the cold helped clear his head"

cold 同义词解析

cold, cool, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy

这些形容词均含"冷，凉"之意。

cold： 最普通用词，强调缺乏温暖，使人不舒服。

cool： 指既不太热也不太冷。

chilly： 指使哆嗦的冷。

frosty： 指雾气在寒冷物体的表面凝结成薄冰时的严寒结霜的温度。

freezing： 指使人僵直，使东西凝固的冷。

icy： 多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。

cold 双语例句

1. The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.

雾蒙蒙，寒冷的空气使他脸上感觉很舒爽。

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2. Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.

冷水中生物的基础代谢速度要低很多。

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3. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.

维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。

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4. Whenever I have a cold I get a nosebleed.

每次我感冒都会流鼻血。

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5. A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract.

感冒是上呼吸道的感染。

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cold 实用场景例句

I'm cold. Turn the heating up.

我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。

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to feel/look cold

感觉 / 看起来冷

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cold hands and feet

冷手凉脚

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a cold room/house

寒冷的房间 / 屋子

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hot and cold water in every room

每个房间都供给的冷热水

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Isn't it cold today?

今天真冷，是不是？

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It's freezing cold .

天气寒冷彻骨。

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to get/turn colder

变得更冷

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bitterly cold weather

严寒的天气

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the coldest May on record

有记载以来最冷的五月

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(British English)The water has gone cold.

水已变凉。

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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。

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She was out cold but still breathing.

她处于昏迷状态，但还有呼吸。

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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。

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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。

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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。

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'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.

“把她打发走。”伊芙冷酷无情地说道。

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What a cold, unfeeling woman she was...

她真是个冷酷无情的女人！

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...the cold blue light from a streetlamp.

街灯发出的幽幽蓝光

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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。

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A wide variety of hot and cold snacks will be available.

会有各种冷热小吃。

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...cold meats.

冷肉

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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。

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His feet were blue with cold.

他的脚冻得发紫。

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I was freezing cold...

我快冻僵了。

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He must have come inside to get out of the cold...

他肯定是进来避寒的。

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Rinse the vegetables under cold running water...

用凉的自来水清洗这些蔬菜。

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He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold...

他想要杯不凉不热的茶。

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It was bitterly cold...

天冷得刺骨。

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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。

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