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bad cold n | (severe cold virus) | SCSimplified Chinese 重感冒 zhòng gǎn mào |
| She's home with a bad cold. |
bitter cold n | (weather: freezing) | SCSimplified Chinese 严寒 yán hán TCTraditional Chinese 嚴寒 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 酷寒 yán hán,kù hán |
| The older she gets, the less she can tolerate the bitter cold. |
bitterly cold adj | (intensely cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 寒冷的 hán lěng de |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 严寒的 hán lěng de ,yán hán de TCTraditional Chinese 嚴寒的 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 酷寒的 hán lěng de ,kù hán de |
| You need very warm clothing to survive the bitterly cold weather in the Arctic. |
blow hot and cold v expr | figurative (waver, vacillate) | SCSimplified Chinese 摇摆不定 yáo bǎi bú dìng |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 犹豫不决 yáo bǎi bú dìng,yóu yù bù jué TCTraditional Chinese 猶豫不決 |
blue with cold adj | (skin: discolored by cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 冻得发紫 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冻得发青 |
break out in a cold sweat v expr | (perspire, have chills) (因惊恐、害怕) | SCSimplified Chinese 突然大汗淋漓 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 猛然冷汗不止 |
catch a cold, catch cold, take a cold v expr | (contract cold virus) | SCSimplified Chinese 感冒 gǎn mào |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 得重感冒 |
cold as ice adj | (very cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 冰冷的 bīng lěng de |
| The sodas from the vendor on the beach were as cold as ice. |
cold brew n | (coffee made with cool water) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷萃咖啡 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷泡咖啡 |
cold brew adj | (coffee: made with cool water) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷萃的 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷泡的 |
cold buffet n | (meal: self-service, cold foods) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷餐自助 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷荤 |
| The cold buffet was impressive but there was little choice for vegetarians. |
cold call n | (unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话推销 diàn huà tuī xiāo TCTraditional Chinese 電話推銷 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 上门推销 diàn huà tuī xiāo,shàng mén tuī xiāo TCTraditional Chinese 上門推銷 |
| I got my start in sales by making door-to-door cold calls. |
cold calling n | (making unsolicited sales calls) | SCSimplified Chinese 电话推销 diàn huà tuī xiāo TCTraditional Chinese 電話推銷 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 上门推销 diàn huà tuī xiāo,shàng mén tuī xiāo TCTraditional Chinese 上門推銷 |
| Do you prefer to make your sales contacts by cold calling or direct mail? |
cold case n | (unsolved police investigation) | SCSimplified Chinese 悬案 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 未破案件 |
cold case n | (refrigerated display unit) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷藏柜 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷冻柜 lěng dòng guì |
cold cash n | (currency) | SCSimplified Chinese 现款 xiàn kuǎn |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 现金 xiàn kuǎn,xiàn jīn TCTraditional Chinese 現金 |
| Davis paid the workers in cold cash. |
cold chisel n | (steel tool) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷錾 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷凿 |
cold chisel [sth] vtr | (work on metal with cold chisel) | SCSimplified Chinese 用冷錾处理 |
cold comfort n | (small, ineffective consolation) | SCSimplified Chinese 不起作用的安慰 bù qǐ zuò yòng de ān wèi |
| The pension, though not insubstantial, was cold comfort to the widow of such a loving husband. |
cold cream, cold-cream n | (skincare product) (护肤品) | SCSimplified Chinese 雪花膏,冷霜 xuě huā gāo,lěng shuāng |
| Her only bad habit was putting cold cream on her face before coming to bed. |
cold cuts npl | chiefly US (meat served cold) (餐食) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷切肉,冷盘 |
| The buffet included a selection of cold cuts. |
cold feet n | (loss of courage) | SCSimplified Chinese 害怕 hài pà TCTraditional Chinese 害怕 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 胆怯 hài pà,dǎn qiè |
| Everyone gets nervous before their wedding; it's just cold feet. |
cold fish n | figurative, informal (person: unfriendly) (非正式用语,比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 态度冰冷的人 tài dù bīng lěng de rén |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷锋 lěng fēng |
| The weather will get nasty due to the cold front pushing in from the North. |
cold fusion | (theoretical physics) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷聚变 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷核聚变 |
cold heart n | figurative (lack of compassion) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷酷的心 lěng kù de xīn TCTraditional Chinese 冷酷的心 |
| She had a cold heart and nothing I could say or do would melt it. |
cold meat n | US (meat: cooked, sliced) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷盘肉 lěng pán ròu TCTraditional Chinese 冷肉盤 |
| What do you want in your sandwich: cheese, or cold meat? |
cold one n | informal (drink of beer) | SCSimplified Chinese 冰啤酒 |
cold pack n | (ice pack, compress) | SCSimplified Chinese 冰袋 bīng dài |
| After getting hit in the eye, I put a cold pack on it to prevent swelling. |
cold reading n | (psychic's technique) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷读术 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷读 |
cold-shoulder [sb]⇒ vtr | figurative, informal (snub) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷淡 lěng dàn TCTraditional Chinese 冷淡 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 轻视 lěng dàn,qīng shì TCTraditional Chinese 輕視 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷落 lěng dàn,lěng luò |
| The villagers cold-shouldered the newcomer from the capital. |
cold shower n | (shower: in cold water) (本义) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷水澡 lěng shuǐ zǎo |
| After the soccer game, I went home and took a cold shower. |
cold shower n | figurative (reception: unenthusiastic) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 缺乏热情的接待 quē fá rè qíng de jiē dài |
cold snap n | (period: cold weather) | SCSimplified Chinese 寒流 hán liú TCTraditional Chinese 寒流 |
| The recent cold snap killed my tomato plants. |
cold sore n | (herpes on lip) | SCSimplified Chinese 唇疱疹 chún pào zhěn |
| I never kiss anyone with a cold sore. |
cold spell n | (period of cold weather) | SCSimplified Chinese 春寒期 chūn hán qī |
| After the heat wave there was a cold spell, much to everyone's relief |
cold steel | (weapon) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷钢 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷兵器 |
cold storage n | (keeping [sth] chilled) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷藏 lěng cáng |
cold storage n | figurative (suspension of activity) | SCSimplified Chinese 搁置 gē zhì TCTraditional Chinese 擱置 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 暂行停止 |
cold store n | (refrigerated compartment) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷藏库 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷库 lěng kù |
cold store [sth] vtr | (keep in cold storage) | SCSimplified Chinese 将...存入冷藏库 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 把...放入冷库 |
cold sweat n | (from fear, illness) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷汗 |
cold tablet n | (pill for relief of common cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 感冒药 |
cold turkey n | (leftover turkey meat served cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷火鸡肉 lěng huǒ jī ròu TCTraditional Chinese 冷火雞肉 |
| Since Christmas we have been eating cold turkey sandwiches every day. |
cold turkey n | figurative (sudden withdrawal from [sth] addictive) (指戒瘾) | SCSimplified Chinese 突然完全戒除 |
| Some people believe that cold turkey is the only way to beat addiction. |
cold turkey adv | (abruptly, without support) | SCSimplified Chinese 一下子 yí xià zi |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 突然地 yí xià zi ,tū rán de |
| He quit smoking, and he did it cold turkey. |
cold turkey adj | (abrupt and sudden) | SCSimplified Chinese 突然的 tū rán de |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 猛然的 |
| Cold turkey withdrawal from any drug is very difficult. |
the Cold War n | (hostility: Soviet Union and West) (前苏联和西方国家之间的敌对状态) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷战 lěng zhàn |
| Many people were believed to be spies during the Cold War. |
cold war n | (hostility short of armed warfare) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷战 lěng zhàn |
cold war n | figurative (on-going veiled antagonism) (指人际间) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷战 lěng zhàn |
cold water n | (water: not hot) (本义) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷水 lěng shuǐ TCTraditional Chinese 冷水 |
| The football team poured cold water on the coach's head. |
cold wave n | (period of extremely cold weather) | SCSimplified Chinese 寒潮 hán cháo |
| (头发) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷烫 hán cháo,lěng tàng |
| The weather bureau forecast a cold wave. |
cold wave n | (hairdressing: type of perm) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷烫 lěng tàng |
cold weather n | (chilly conditions) | SCSimplified Chinese 寒冷的天气 hán lěng de tiān qì |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 寒冷气候 |
备注: 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 寒冷天气的 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 寒冷天气中的 |
cold-blooded, also US: coldblooded adj | (animal) (指动物) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷血的 lěng xiě de / lěng xuè de |
备注: 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. |
| 变温动物不像恒温动物那样能自我调节体温。 |
cold-blooded, also US: coldblooded adj | figurative (person: emotionless) (指人) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷血无情的 lěng xiě wú qíng de / lěng xuè wú qíng de |
备注: 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) (指行为) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷酷残忍的 lěng kù cán rěn de |
备注: 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷血地,冷酷无情地 lěng xuè de ,lěng kù wú qíng de |
| The man was jailed for life for cold-bloodedly killing two innocent people. |
cold-call [sb]⇒ vtr | (make unsolicited sales visit or phone call) | SCSimplified Chinese 打陌生推销电话 |
| He cold-called all the people on his contact list. |
cold, hard cash n | figurative (making money) | SCSimplified Chinese 钱 qián TCTraditional Chinese 錢 |
| He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold, hard cash n | (money, not credit) (本义) | SCSimplified Chinese 货币,现款 huò bì,xiàn kuǎn TCTraditional Chinese 貨幣 |
| I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
coldhearted (US), cold-hearted (UK) adj | (lacking compassion) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷淡的 lěng dàn de |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 无情的 lěng dàn de ,wú qíng de TCTraditional Chinese 無情的 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷心的 lěng dàn de ,lěng xīn de |
| The way they went in and grabbed their mother's stuff seemed pretty cold-hearted. |
| 他们进来取走他们母亲物品的方式似乎非常的冷酷无情。 |
come in from the cold v expr | figurative (no longer be in exile) | SCSimplified Chinese 摆脱孤立 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 不再受冷落 |
common cold n | (cold virus) | SCSimplified Chinese 感冒 gǎn mào |
| There's no cure for the common cold. |
freezing cold n | (sub-zero temperatures) | SCSimplified Chinese (零度以下)刺骨的寒冷 líng dù yǐ xià cì gǔ de hán lěng |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冰冷 líng dù yǐ xià cì gǔ de hán lěng,bīng lěng |
| All my delicate plants died last night in the freezing cold. |
freezing cold adj | figurative (extremely cold) (比喻) | SCSimplified Chinese 非常冷的,冰冷的,冷得刺骨的 fēi cháng lěng de,bīng lěng de,lěng dé cì gǔ de |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 退缩 tuì suō |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 临阵退缩 tuì suō ,lín zhèn tuì suō TCTraditional Chinese 臨陣退縮 |
| He was starting to get cold feet about the wedding. |
give [sb] the cold shoulder v expr | figurative, informal (snub) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷淡 lěng dàn TCTraditional Chinese 冷淡 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 轻视 lěng dàn,qīng shì TCTraditional Chinese 輕視 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷落 lěng dàn,lěng luò |
| After the incident, they all gave her the cold shoulder. |
go cold v expr | (sports: be unable to score) (体育运动) | SCSimplified Chinese 无法得分 |
go cold turkey v expr | (addiction: quit abruptly) | SCSimplified Chinese 快速戒掉坏习惯 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 下决心戒掉瘾头 |
| The addict decided the only way to break his habit was to go cold turkey. |
grow cold vi + adj | (weather) (天气) | SCSimplified Chinese 变冷 biàn lěng |
| After nightfall, the desert really grows cold. |
grow cold vi + adj | figurative (feelings) (感情) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷却 lěng què TCTraditional Chinese 冷卻 |
| Selena's love for Eric had grown cold. |
have a cold v expr | (be suffering from the cold virus) | SCSimplified Chinese 感冒 gǎn mào |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 伤风 gǎn mào ,shāng fēng |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 受凉 gǎn mào ,shòu liáng |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 打退堂鼓 dǎ tuì táng gǔ |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 临阵退缩 dǎ tuì táng gǔ,lín zhèn tuì suō TCTraditional Chinese 臨陣退縮 |
have [sth] down cold, also US: have [sth] down pat v expr | US, informal (know, understand [sth] completely) | SCSimplified Chinese 完全了解,彻底明白 wán quán liǎo jiě,chè dǐ míng bái TCTraditional Chinese 徹底明白 |
| She scored 100% on her Spanish test because she had the conjugations down cold. |
| 她对动词变形了解得非常透彻,所以在西班牙语考试中得了满分。 |
have [sb] down cold v expr | US, informal (understand [sb]'s character) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 清楚…的品行 qīng chǔ de pǐn xíng |
head cold n | (viral infection) | SCSimplified Chinese 伤风 shāng fēng |
ice-cold adj | (extremely cold to touch) | SCSimplified Chinese 冰冷的 bīng lěng de |
ice-cold adj | (without emotion) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷漠的 lěng mò de |
in cold blood adv | figurative (without emotion) | SCSimplified Chinese 残忍地 cán rěn de TCTraditional Chinese 殘忍地 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷血地 cán rěn de ,lěng xuè de |
| The gunman killed his victim in cold blood. |
in cold storage adv | (refrigerated) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷藏 lěng cáng |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷冻 lěng cáng,lěng dòng TCTraditional Chinese 冷凍 |
| Meat will go bad if not kept in cold storage. |
in cold storage adv | figurative (saved, postponed) | SCSimplified Chinese 搁置 gē zhì TCTraditional Chinese 擱置 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 冷处理 gē zhì,lěng chǔ lǐ |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 在户外严寒中 |
| The hikers were caught in the cold during the early snow storm. |
in the cold, out in the cold adv | figurative (excluded) | SCSimplified Chinese 被冷落, 吃闭门羹, 被排除在外 |
| 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) | SCSimplified Chinese 事后冷静理智地回想 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 事后客观地反思 |
intense cold n | (extremely cold conditions) | SCSimplified Chinese 严寒 yán hán TCTraditional Chinese 嚴寒 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 酷寒 yán hán,kù hán |
| The intense cold numbed their limbs and paralyzed them. |
leave [sb] out in the cold v expr | figurative, often passive (neglect, ignore) | SCSimplified Chinese 忽视 hū shì TCTraditional Chinese 忽視 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 无视 hū shì,wú shì TCTraditional Chinese 無視 |
make [sb]'s blood run cold, make your blood run cold v expr | (cause intense fear) | SCSimplified Chinese 让人惊恐万分 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 使人毛骨悚然 shǐ rén máo gǔ sǒng rán |
out cold adj | informal (unconscious) | SCSimplified Chinese 失去知觉的,昏迷的 shī qù zhī jué de ,hūn mí de |
sensitive to the cold adj | (quick to feel cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 对寒冷敏感的 duì hán lěng mǐn gǎn de |
| Alessandro is very sensitive to the cold so he always wears a pullover. |
sensitive to the cold adj | (affected by the cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 容易感冒的 róng yì gǎn mào de |
| Those plants are sensitive to the cold: you should take them inside when it gets chilly. |
stone cold, stone-cold adj | figurative (completely cold) | SCSimplified Chinese 冷血的 lěng xiě de / lěng xuè de |
stone cold, stone-cold adj | figurative, informal (total, utter) | SCSimplified Chinese 完全 wán quán TCTraditional Chinese 完全 |
| | SCSimplified Chinese 彻底 wán quán,chè dǐ TCTraditional Chinese 徹底 |
| This song is a stone-cold classic! |
throw cold water on [sth] v expr | figurative (be discouraging) | SCSimplified Chinese 对...泼冷水 |
| They threw cold water on her plan. |