coldish
偏冷,偏冷的,冷淡,寒冷
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Definitions
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cold·er, cold·est.
- : having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- : feeling an uncomfortable lack of warmth; chilled: The skaters were cold.
- : having a temperature lower than the normal temperature of the human body: cold hands.
- : lacking in passion, emotion, enthusiasm, ardor, etc.; dispassionate: cold reason.
- : not affectionate, cordial, or friendly; unresponsive: a cold reply; a cold reception.
- : lacking sensual desire: She remained cold to his advances.
- : failing to excite feeling or interest: the cold precision of his prose.
- : unexcitable; imperturbable: cold impassivity.
- : depressing; dispiriting: the cold atmosphere of a hospital waiting room.
- : unconscious because of a severe blow, shock, etc.: I knocked him cold with an uppercut.
- : lacking the warmth of life; lifeless: When the doctor arrived, the body was already cold.
- : faint; weak: The dogs lost the cold scent.
Phrases
- cold cash
- cold comfort
- cold feet, get
- cold fish
- cold hands, warm heart
- cold shoulder
- cold shower
- cold snap
- cold storage
- cold sweat
- cold turkey
- blow hot and cold
- catch cold
- come in from the cold
- in a cold sweat
- in cold blood
- in cold storage
- in the cold light of day
- knock out (cold)
- leave one cold
- make one's blood run cold
- out cold
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It’s the kind of place where the waiter prepares things tableside, like mixing a Manhattan so cold a layer of ice floats on its surface, or tossing a Caesar salad with silver tongs.
For past initiatives, like his $2 billion homelessness directive, members of Bezos’s team cold-called people they knew to figure out who to donate to, instead of opening up a public channel.
I use it every morning to loosen up my back, and if it’s too cold to run, I’ll go through a stretching routine or an online yoga session instead.
A cooler on the porch may be necessary to store meats and cold items.
It’s incredible how much comfort a nongreasy SPF moisturizer adds to your exposed skin on a cold ski day.
This is comedy based on a cold humor, detached, euphemistic, devoid of any generosity.
We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
Cold War fears could be manipulated through misleading art to attract readers to daunting material.
The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.
Madame de Condillac stood watching him, her face composed, her glance cold.
Being quieted by the Captain with a draught of cold tea, and made to sit down, the examination of the book proceeded.
When alone she sometimes picked it up and kissed the cold glass passionately.
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!