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cauld

/kawld, kahld, kawd/US // kɔld, kɑld, kɔd //UK // (kɔːld) //

釜底抽薪,釜底游鱼,釜壁,釜底抽薪的方式

Definitions

  1. 1

    Scot.

    • : cold.

Examples

  • And he aye minded sinsyne, when first he set his een upon her, he had the same cauld and deidly grue.

  • An' then, a' at ance, the minister's heart played dunt an' stood stock-still; an' a cauld wund blew amang the hairs o' his heid.

  • Ye mind 'at she keepit him at hame frae the kirk on Sabbath, because he had a cauld?

  • Joey was as naked as Leeby, and as cauld as lead, but he wasna greetin'.

  • "It'll take your logic all its time to keep six inches o' cauld steel out of your brisket," he said very fiercely.