| 词组 | cold |
| 释义 | adjective | noun cold1 /kəʊld $ koʊld/ adjective (coldercoldest) having a low temperaturenounscold weather/climate More cold weather is expected later this week.a cold night/day It was a cold night in December.a cold winter In a cold winter, we have the heating on all day.a cold wind A cold wind was blowing from the north.cold water He fell into the cold water of the North Sea.a cold drink/beer I need a nice cold drink.cold food The café only serves cold food at lunchtime.a cold meal/dish You can choose from a range of hot and cold dishes.a cold floor/surface We had to spend the night on the cold floor.a cold country/place/house The bears live mainly in cold countries.a cold spell/snap (=a short period of cold weather) A lot of plants died during the cold snap. | Apart from a cold spell in November, it was a mild winter.adverbsfreezing cold (=extremely cold) Take your gloves – it’s freezing cold out there.bitterly cold (=extremely cold, in a way that hurts your skin) It was a bitterly cold day in January.unusually/exceptionally cold Crops have suffered during this period of unusually cold weather.ice cold His skin was ice cold.verbsfeel cold I feel really cold – can we put the heating on?get cold also turn/grow cold more formal (=become cold) The birds fly south before the weather turns cold.eat sth cold/serve sth cold You can eat the beans cold.phrasesit’s cold It’s cold in here – do you mind if I put the heating on?THESAURUS: colda little cold cooldrink | place | breeze | air | weather | day | evening | morning | sheets a little cold, especially in a way that feels pleasant: He poured himself a cool drink. | Store the seeds in a cool place. | There was a nice cool breeze coming up from the river. | She took a breath of the cool night air. | The cooler weather was good for cycling. | She climbed between the cool sheets, pulling the covers up around her. | The air-conditioning keeps everyone cool. chillyweather | wind | breeze | air | day | night | evening | room a little cold, especially in a way that feels rather uncomfortable: In November the weather began to turn chilly (=become chilly). | Residents stood shivering in the chilly night air. | It was a chilly evening when I left London. | The room was uncomfortably chilly. | It’s getting a bit chilly in here. draughty BrE drafty AmEroom | house | corridor | hall | platform | window with cold air blowing in from outside, in a way that feels uncomfortable: Old houses can be very draughty. | They waited for over an hour on a cold and draughty platform. | Plastic foam strips can be fitted around draughty windows to stop all the heat from escaping. crispday | morning | evening | air | weather cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant: I love these crisp autumn mornings. | The clean crisp air in the mountains is good for your health. frostyweather | day | morning | evening | ground in frosty weather, the ground is covered in frost (=a white powder which consists of very small pieces of ice): The frosty weather made the countryside look even more beautiful. | It was a bright frosty morning.very cold freezing spokenweather | wind | water | night | day | evening | morning | house | room very cold – used when this makes you feel very uncomfortable: A freezing wind howled across the mountain. | The water in the pool was freezing at first. | The house was freezing, so I decided to light the fire. | Sally lay in bed in a freezing cold room. | It’s freezing cold outside. | You look absolutely freezing! icywater | weather | conditions | wind | air | blast very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero: The boat sank in the icy waters of the lake. | Try to avoid going outdoors in icy weather. | She shivered in the icy wind and pulled her hat down over her ears. | An icy blast came through the trees (=a sudden very cold wind). arcticconditions | weather | wasteland extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice: He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions.ANTONYMS → hot adjective | noun cold2 /kəʊld $ koʊld/ noun 1. a common illness that makes it difficult to breathe through your noseadjectivesa bad cold If you have a bad cold, just stay in bed.a nasty cold also a heavy cold BrE (=a very bad one) He sounded as if he had a heavy cold.a streaming cold BrE (=a cold in which a lot of liquid comes from your nose) You shouldn’t go to work if you’ve got a streaming cold.a slight cold It’s only a slight cold – I’ll be fine tomorrow.the common cold There are hundreds of viruses that cause the common cold.nouns + colda head cold (=affecting your nose and head) A bad head cold can sometimes feel like flu.a chest cold (=affecting your chest) He was taking cough medicine for a chest cold.verbshave a cold also have got a cold spoken She’s staying at home today because she’s got a cold.be getting a cold (=be starting to have a cold) I think I might be getting a cold.catch a cold (=start to have one) I caught a cold and had to miss the match.come/go down with a cold (=catch a cold) A lot of people go down with colds at this time of year.suffer from a cold He was suffering from a cold and feeling rather miserable. | Some people suffer from more colds than others.2. a situation in which the temperature is lowadjectivesthe bitter/freezing/biting cold (=extreme cold) We stood outside for hours in the freezing cold.extreme cold Extreme cold will damage these plants.the winter cold The animal’s thick fur protects it from the winter cold.verbsfeel the cold (=feel uncomfortable because of the cold) I feel the cold more as I get older.shiver/shake with cold He awoke at dawn, shivering with cold.keep out the cold They wrapped old sacks round themselves to keep out the cold.prepositionsin the cold They waited in the cold outside the cinema.out of the cold She told him to come in out of the cold.against the cold (=in order to protect yourself from the cold) The spectators were well wrapped-up against the cold.phrasesblue with cold Her hands were blue with cold.numb with cold (=so cold you can’t feel anything) He tried to light a cigarette, but his fingers were numb with cold. |
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