Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #972
cold
冷的；寒冷的
Having a low temperature.
- 1.
Having a low temperature.
温度低。
- 2.
Causing the air to be cold.
使空气变冷。
- 3.
Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.
感到寒冷,尤其是到不适的程度。
- 4.
Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.
不友好的；情感上疏远或冷漠的。
- 5.
Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.
感到寒冷,充满不安的恐惧、忧虑或警觉。
- 6.
Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.
冷静的；不偏不倚的；公正的。
- 7.
Completely unprepared; without introduction.
完全没有准备；没有介绍。
- 8.
Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.
失去意识或深度睡眠；失去与生命或意识相关的隐喻热度。
- 9.
Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.
完美地,准确地,完全地；熟记于心。
- 10.
Cornered; done for.
被困住；完蛋了。
- 11.
Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.
对嗅觉影响微弱；失去气味。
- 12.
Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.
冷漠的；在寻找物品的游戏中,指远离隐藏物的寻找者。
- 13.
Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.
呈现蓝色效果；颜色不暖。
- 14.
Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.
很少使用或访问,因此可以转移到较慢的存储。
- 15.
Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.
未装填实弹。
- 16.
Without electrical power being supplied.
没有供电。
觉得冷的；感到冷的；冷淡的；冷漠的；冷静的；客观的；不寒而栗的；令人害怕的；失去知觉的；熟睡的
In use
The weather is very cold today, so I wore a heavy coat.
I prefer to drink cold water on a hot summer day.
Her cold response made everyone feel unwelcome.
Connections
Collocations
- bitterly cold
- 极其寒冷的；刺骨寒冷的
- The wind was bitterly cold, so we hurried indoors.风刺骨地寒冷，所以我们急忙进了屋。
- a cold snap
- 寒潮；乍冷的天气
- We're having a cold snap this week.这个星期我们遇上了一场寒潮。
- give someone the cold shoulder
- 对某人冷淡；冷落某人
- He gave me the cold shoulder at the party.他在聚会上对我很冷淡。
- cold sweat
- 冷汗
- She broke into a cold sweat when she heard the news.她听到这个消息时吓出了一身冷汗。
- cold call
- 陌生推销电话
- He spent the morning making cold calls to potential customers.他整个上午都在给潜在客户打陌生推销电话。
- cold facts
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：cold 和 old 押韵，想象一位老人（old）在寒风中喊“好冷”，记住 cold=寒冷。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：weather/temperature、physical sensation、interpersonal situations、formal or idiomatic expressions ‘cold’ 的语体随义项变化：表示温度低、感到冷或态度冷淡时，多用于日常口语和一般书面语，属中性；表示冷静客观、完全准备好或熟记于心时，则比较常见于较正式或习语化的表达。因此整体语体宜作‘混合’处理。
Grammar Note
cold 是级别形容词，可用比较级和最高级。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 cold 押韵，重读元音及之后的部分为 /ɔʊld/：old, bold, gold, hold, told, fold。注意拼写相似的 could /kʊd/、would /wʊd/、should /ʃʊd/ 虽然都含 -ould，但读音不同，不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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