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  • Derivatives : n  coldness ; adv  coldly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

cold [kəuld]
  1. 1. adjective [+water, object] 凉的
  2. 2. adjective [+weather, room, meat] 冷的
  3. 3. adjective [+person] (unemotional) 冷淡的
  4. 4. adjective (unfriendly) 不友好的
  5. 5. noun [u] the cold (weather) 寒冷天气
  6. 6. noun [c] (illness) 感冒
    I've got a cold.
    我感冒了。
    it's cold
    天气寒冷
    to be {or} feel cold
    [person+] 感到冷
    to catch (a) cold
    患感冒
    in cold blood
    [kill etc+] 残忍地
    to have/get cold feet (about sth)
    (在某事上)临阵畏缩

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

cold [kold] [kəuld]
  1. 1. adjective 冷，寒，寒冷的
    a cold wind
    冷风
    This is a cold room because it receives no direct sunlight.
    阳光不能直射进这间屋子，所以这里很冷。
    This winter was extremely cold.
    这个冬天真是寒冷至极。
  2. 2. adjective 不热的，凉的
    This soup is cold.
    这汤是凉的。
    My food is cold, so I need to warm it up.
    饭凉了，我得把它热一热。
  3. 3. adjective 感到冷的，打寒战的
  4. 4. adjective 无情的，冷酷的，冷漠的，铁石心肠的；不易动感情的，缺乏热情的
    a cold personality
    冷漠的性格
  5. 5. adjective 不热情的；不友好的，冷淡的
    a cold reception
    冷淡的接待
    He has been acting really cold with me lately.
    他最近对我一直非常冷淡。
  6. 6. adjective （妇女）缺乏性感的
  7. 7. adjective 令人沮丧的，使人寒心的，使人扫兴的，阴郁的
    to realize the cold truth
    明白了令人沮丧的真实情况
  8. 8. adjective 冷静的，公正的；客观的，不偏不倚的；经过周密考虑的
    cold logic
    客观的逻辑
  9. 9. adjective （颜色等）令人产生冷感的，冷色的，寒色的（如蓝、绿或灰色）
  10. 10. adjective （搜查物）远未被找到的
  11. 11. adjective （猎物的遗臭等）微弱的，已变淡的
    a cold scent
    微淡的(难于追踪的)臭迹
  12. 12. adjective [verbal] 毫无准备的，贸然的
    to enter a game cold
    贸然参加比赛
  13. 13. adjective [American English] [slang] 充分准备好的；娴熟的，完全掌握的；有把握的
    The actor had his lines down cold.
    这演员把台词背得滚瓜烂熟了。
  14. 14. adjective [American English] [slang] 不省人事的，失去知觉的
    The boxer was knocked cold.
    拳击手被打昏了。
  15. 15. adjective 勉强忍住的；未到爆发程度的
  16. 16. adjective [slang] 突然完全（停止某事）
  17. 17. adjective [slang] 死亡的
  18. 18. adjective [slang] 不好的
  19. 19. adjective [slang] 非常好的（非常有个性的词汇）
  20. 20. noun 寒冷
  21. 21. noun [physics] 低温，（尤指）零下温度
  22. 22. noun 寒冷的感觉
  23. 23. noun 寒冷的气候
  24. 24. noun 感冒，伤风
    I had a cold last week and that's why I didn't come to work.
    我上周感冒了，所以没来上班。

Collins English-English Dictionary

cold [kəυld]
  1. 1. adj having relatively little warmth; of a rather low temperature
    cold weather
    cold hands
  2. 2. adj without sufficient or proper warmth
    this meal is cold
  3. 3. adj lacking in affection, enthusiasm, or warmth of feeling
    a cold manner
  4. 4. adj not affected by emotion; objective
    cold logic
  5. 5. adj dead
  6. 6. adj sexually unresponsive or frigid
  7. 7. adj lacking in freshness
    a cold scent
    cold news
  8. 8. adj chilling to the spirit; depressing
  9. 9. adj (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; giving no sensation of warmth
  10. 10. adj [metallurgy] denoting or relating to a process in which work-hardening occurs as a result of the plastic deformation of a metal at too low a temperature for annealing to take place
  11. 11. adj (of a process) not involving heat, in contrast with traditional methods
    cold typesetting
    cold technology
  12. 12. adj [informal] (of a seeker) far from the object of a search
  13. 13. adj denoting the contacting of potential customers, voters, etc, without previously approaching them in order to establish their interest
    cold mailing
  14. 14. n the absence of heat regarded as a positive force
    the cold took away our breath
  15. 15. n the sensation caused by loss or lack of heat
  16. 16. n an acute viral infection of the upper respiratory passages characterized by discharge of watery mucus from the nose, sneezing, etc
  17. 17. adv [informal] without preparation
    he played his part cold
  18. 18. adv [informal] [chiefly US and Canadian] thoroughly; absolutely
    she turned him down cold
  19. 19. adv [Etymology] Old English ceald; related to Old Norse kaldr, Gothic kalds, Old High German kalt; see cool
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Examples

a cold wind
冷风 → cold
This soup is cold.
这汤是凉的。 → cold
a cold personality
冷漠的性格 → cold
a cold reception
冷淡的接待 → cold
to realize the cold truth
明白了令人沮丧的真实情况 → cold
cold logic
客观的逻辑 → cold
a cold scent
微淡的(难于追踪的)臭迹 → cold
to enter a game cold
贸然参加比赛 → cold
The actor had his lines down cold.
这演员把台词背得滚瓜烂熟了。 → cold
The boxer was knocked cold.
拳击手被打昏了。 → cold
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