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| bad cold n | (severe cold virus) | إصابة برد شديدة |
| | She's home with a bad cold. |
| bitter cold n | (weather: freezing) | برد قارس |
| | The older she gets, the less she can tolerate the bitter cold. |
| bitterly cold adj | (intensely cold) | بارد جدًّا |
| | You need very warm clothing to survive the bitterly cold weather in the Arctic. |
| blow hot and cold v expr | figurative (waver, vacillate) | يتقلب، يكون موقفه متقلبًا |
| blue with cold adj | (skin: discolored by cold) | مُزرَقّ من البرد |
| break out in a cold sweat v expr | (perspire, have chills) | يتعرَّق عرقًا باردًا |
catch a cold,
catch cold,
take a cold v expr | (contract cold virus) | يصاب بنزلة برد |
| | If you go out in this rain without a coat you're liable to catch a cold. |
catch your death,
catch your death of cold v expr | informal (catch a bad cold) | يصاب بنزلة برد شديدة |
| cold as ice adj | (very cold) | بارد جدًّا |
| | The sodas from the vendor on the beach were as cold as ice. |
| cold brew n | (coffee made with cool water) | قهوة بماء بارد |
| cold brew adj | (coffee: made with cool water) (قهوة) | بماء بارد |
| cold buffet n | (meal: self-service, cold foods) | بوفيه الأطعمة الباردة |
| | The cold buffet was impressive but there was little choice for vegetarians. |
| cold call n | (unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | بيع على الهاتف |
| | | بيع على الأبواب |
| | I got my start in sales by making door-to-door cold calls. |
| cold calling n | (making unsolicited sales calls) | إجراء مكالمات مبيعات غير مطلوبة |
| | Do you prefer to make your sales contacts by cold calling or direct mail? |
| cold case n | (unsolved police investigation) (في تحقيقات الشرطة) | قضيّة غير محلولة |
| cold cash n | (currency) | نقدًا |
| | Davis paid the workers in cold cash. |
| cold chisel n | (steel tool) | إزميل قطع على البارد |
| cold chisel [sth] vtr | (work on metal with cold chisel) | يعمل على شيء بإزميل قطع على البارد |
| cold comfort n | (small, ineffective consolation) | لا يجلب العزاء |
| | The pension, though not insubstantial, was cold comfort to the widow of such a loving husband. |
cold cream,
cold-cream n | (skincare product) | مرهم ملطف ومرطب |
| | Her only bad habit was putting cold cream on her face before coming to bed. |
| cold cuts npl | chiefly US (meat served cold) (عادةً تستخدم بالجمع) | لحومات باردة |
| | The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. |
| cold feet n | (loss of courage) | تردُّد، خوف |
| | Everyone gets nervous before their wedding; it's just cold feet. |
| | الكل يتوتر قبل يوم زفافه. والإحساس بالتردُّد إنما هو عاديّ. |
| cold fish n | figurative, informal (person: unfriendly) | شخص غير ودي |
| | She's such a cold fish that she wouldn't even talk to me when I said hello. |
| cold front n | (cool air pushing forward) | جبهة باردة |
| | The weather will get nasty due to the cold front pushing in from the North. |
| cold fusion | (theoretical physics) (في الفيزياء النظرية) | اندماج بارد |
| cold heart n | figurative (lack of compassion) | قلب بارد، قلب قاسٍ |
| | She had a cold heart and nothing I could say or do would melt it. |
| cold meat n | US (meat: cooked, sliced) | مرتديلا، لحم بارد |
| | What do you want in your sandwich: cheese, or cold meat? |
| cold one n | informal (drink of beer) | عبوة بيرة باردة |
| cold pack n | (ice pack, compress) | كمادة باردة |
| | After getting hit in the eye, I put a cold pack on it to prevent swelling. |
| cold reading n | (psychic's technique) (طريقة لقراءة الطالع) | - |
| cold-shoulder [sb]⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (snub) | يجافي شخصًا، يعرض عن شخص |
| cold shower n | (shower: in cold water) | دُشّ ماء بارد |
| | After the soccer game, I went home and took a cold shower. |
| cold shower n | figurative (reception: unenthusiastic) | استقبال فاتر |
| cold snap n | (period: cold weather) | طقس بارد |
| | The recent cold snap killed my tomato plants. |
| cold sore n | (herpes on lip) (هربس على الشفة) | قرحة الزكام، هربس الحمّى |
| | I never kiss anyone with a cold sore. |
| cold spell n | (period of cold weather) | فترة الطقس البارد |
| | After the heat wave there was a cold spell, much to everyone's relief |
| cold steel | (weapon) | سلاح أبيض |
| cold storage n | (keeping [sth] chilled) | تخزين مبرَّد، تخزين على البارد |
| cold storage n | figurative (suspension of activity) | الوضع جانبًا، تعليق العمل |
| cold store n | (refrigerated compartment) | مخزن تبريد |
| cold store [sth] vtr | (keep in cold storage) | يضع شيئًا في مخزن تبريد |
| cold supper n | (meal: salad, buffet) | أطعمة العشاء الباردة |
| cold sweat n | (from fear, illness) (من الخوف أو المرض) | عَرق بارد |
| cold tablet n | (pill for relief of common cold) | قرص دواء لنزلات البرد |
| cold turkey n | (leftover turkey meat served cold) | لحم ديك رومي بارد |
| | Since Christmas we have been eating cold turkey sandwiches every day. |
| cold turkey n | figurative (sudden withdrawal from [sth] addictive) (عن مسبّب للإدمان) | الإقلاع الفوري |
| | Some people believe that cold turkey is the only way to beat addiction. |
| cold turkey adv | (abruptly, without support) | بشكل فوريّ |
| | He quit smoking, and he did it cold turkey. |
| cold turkey adj | (abrupt and sudden) | فوريّ |
| | Cold turkey withdrawal from any drug is very difficult. |
| the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) | الحرب الباردة |
| | Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
| cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | حرب باردة |
| cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) | حرب باردة |
| cold water n | (water: not hot) | ماء بارد |
| | The football team poured cold water on the coach's head. |
| cold wave n | (period of extremely cold weather) | موجة برد |
| | The weather bureau forecast a cold wave. |
| cold wave n | (hairdressing: type of perm) (نوع تصفيفة شعر) | "كولد وايف" |
| cold weather n | (chilly conditions) | طقس بارد |
| ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the term is a modifier. |
| | We are going north, so prepare for cold weather! |
cold weather,
cold-weather n as adj | (for chilly conditions) (مناسب للطقس البارد) | طقسٍ باردٍ، في الطقس البارد |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | (animal) | ذو دم بارد |
| ملاحظة: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | Cold-blooded animals can't regulate their body heat like warm-blooded animals do. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (person: emotionless) | بدم بارد، متوحّش، عديم الرحمة |
| ملاحظة: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | They say the convict is a cold-blooded killer. |
cold-blooded,
also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (act: cruel, showing no mercy) | وحشيّ، قاسٍ |
| ملاحظة: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | The massacre was a cold-blooded, ruthless act. |
| cold-bloodedly adv | (cruelly, without mercy) | بدم بارد، بوحشية |
| | The man was jailed for life for cold-bloodedly killing two innocent people. |
| cold-call [sb]⇒ vtr | (make unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | يبيع على الهاتف |
| | | يبيع على الأبواب |
| | He cold-called all the people on his contact list. |
cold,
hard cash n | figurative (making money) | كسب المال |
| | He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold,
hard cash n | (money, not credit) | نقد |
| | I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
coldhearted (US),
cold-hearted (UK) adj | (lacking compassion) | عديم الشفقة، قاسي القلب |
| | The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold-hearted. |
| come in from the cold v expr | figurative (no longer be in exile) | يعود مرضيًّا عنه، يعود بعدما كان منبوذًا |
| common cold n | (cold virus) | زكام، بَرد |
| | There's no cure for the common cold. |
| freezing cold n | (sub-zero temperatures) | برد قارس |
| | All my delicate plants died last night in the freezing cold. |
| freezing cold adj | figurative (extremely cold) | بارد للغاية |
| | She may have a warm heart but on the outside she's freezing cold. |
| get cold feet v expr | figurative, informal (abandon [sth] due to anxiety) | يتوتّر |
| | He was starting to get cold feet about the wedding. |
| give [sb] the cold shoulder v expr | figurative, informal (snub) | يجافي شخصًا، يعرض عن شخص |
| | After the incident, they all gave her the cold shoulder. |
| go cold v expr | (sports: be unable to score) (لعدم التسجيل في الرياضة) | يتراجع الأداء، يفقد الحماس |
| go cold turkey v expr | (addiction: quit abruptly) | يقلع فجأة عن إدمانه |
| | The addict decided the only way to break his habit was to go cold turkey. |
| grow cold vi + adj | (weather) | يبرد الطقس |
| | After nightfall, the desert really grows cold. |
| grow cold vi + adj | figurative (feelings) | يبرد، يخمد |
| | Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. |
| have a cold v expr | (be suffering from the cold virus) | يصاب بالبرد، يصاب بزكام |
| | I don't feel like going out today because I have a cold. |
have cold feet,
have got cold feet v expr | figurative, informal (abandon [sth] due to anxiety) | يتوتّر، يتراجع عن شيء بسبب التوتّر |
have [sth] down cold,
also US: have [sth] down pat v expr | US, informal (know, understand [sth] completely) | يفهم شيئًا بشكلٍ كلي |
| | She scored 100% on her Spanish test because she had the conjugations down cold. |
| have [sb] down cold v expr | US, informal (understand [sb]'s character) | يفهم شخصًا بشكلٍ كلي |
| head cold n | (viral infection) | زكام أنفيّ |
| ice-cold adj | (extremely cold to touch) (بارد للغاية) | مثلَّج |
| ice-cold adj | (without emotion) (خالٍ من المشاعر) | بارد، قاسٍ |
| in cold blood adv | figurative (without emotion) | بدم بارد، بكل برودة |
| | The gunman killed his victim in cold blood. |
| in cold storage adv | (refrigerated) | تخزين بارد، مكان تخزين بارد |
| | Meat will go bad if not kept in cold storage. |
| in cold storage adv | figurative (saved, postponed) | يضع جانبًا، يؤجّل |
| | Let's keep that idea in cold storage until we have the capital to develop it. |
in the cold,
out in the cold adv | (outside, exposed to cold weather) | في البرد، في العراء |
| | The hikers were caught in the cold during the early snow storm. |
in the cold,
out in the cold adv | figurative (excluded) | مستثنى، منبوذ |
| | He was left feeling out in the cold when his friends went to the pub without him. |
| in the cold light of day expr | figurative (objectively, dispassionately) | بتجرُّد، بموضوعيّة، على حقيقته |
| | | بدون انفعال، بهدوء |
| intense cold n | (extremely cold conditions) | برد قارس |
| | The intense cold numbed their limbs and paralyzed them. |
| leave [sb] out in the cold v expr | figurative, often passive (neglect, ignore) | يهمل شخصًا، يتجاهل شخصًا، يستثني شخصًا |
make [sb]'s blood run cold,
make your blood run cold v expr | (cause intense fear) (مجازي: من شدة الخوف) | يجعل دم شخص يجمد في عروقه |
| out cold adj | informal (unconscious) | فاقد الوعي، مغمى عليه |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) (يشعر بالبرد بسرعة) | حساس للبرد |
| | Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
| sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) (يضره البرد بسرعة) | حساس للبرد |
| | Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |
stone cold,
stone-cold adj | figurative (completely cold) | بارد جدًّا |
| throw cold water on [sth] v expr | figurative (be discouraging) | يُحبط شيئًا |
| | (فرحة، حماسة...) | يقتل شيئًا، يقضي على شيء |
| | They threw cold water on her plan. |