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chill

/chil/US // tʃɪl //UK // (tʃɪl) //

寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
    • : a sensation of cold, usually with shivering: She felt a slight chill from the open window.
    • : a feeling of sudden fear, anxiety, or alarm.
    • : sudden coldness of the body, as during the cold stage of an ague: fevers and chills.
    • : a depressing influence or sensation: His presence cast a chill over everyone.
    • : lack of warmth of feeling; unfriendliness; coolness.
    • : Foundry. an inserted object or a surface in a mold capable of absorbing large amounts of heat, used to harden the surface of a casting or to increase its rate of solidification at a specific point.
    • : bloom.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly: a chill wind.
    • : shivering with or affected by cold; chilly.
    • : depressing or discouraging: chill prospects.
    • : Slang. cool.
    • : unduly formal; unfriendly; chilly: a chill reception.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become cold: The earth chills when the sun sets.
    • : to be seized with a chill; shiver with cold or fear.
    • : Foundry. to become hard on the surface by contact with a chill or chills.
    • : Slang. to calm down; relax.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to affect with cold; make chilly: The rain has chilled me to the bone.
    • : to make cool: Chill the wine before serving.
    • : to depress; discourage; deter: The news chilled his hopes.
    • : Foundry. to harden the surface of by casting it in a mold having a chill or chills.
    • : bloom.
    • : Slang. to kill; murder.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unfriendly, aloof
Forms: chilled, chilling, chills

Examples

  • While there’s a lot of chatter around a possible surge in coronavirus cases come fall, economists note there may also be chilling headwinds for the labor market and small businesses in the next few months.

  • The other is a carbon tax, a term that often sends chills through free market advocates.

  • When chilled, a warmer system cooled off in less time than it took a cooler system to reach the same low temperature.

  • I’d known Jim since grade school, and he did try to chill out when I asked him to, but he simply couldn’t control himself.

  • Side effects to the coronavirus vaccine include pain at the injection site, fatigue, headache, muscle aches, chills and feeling feverish.

  • It was an attempt to combat a growing chill on free speech in Turkey while placing his newspaper at the center of the debate.

  • Alice wore a black nylon rain jacket that looked as if it was ill prepared to deal with the coming chill.

  • If you prefer them chewy in the middle and crisp outside, chill the balls of dough.

  • Standing in the chill breeze of autumn, I knew something had passed between us.

  • What he—and his friend holding the camera—heard in response was enough to chill them to the bone.

  • Presently he began to shiver so, with some sort of a chill, that I took off my coat and wrapped it round him.

  • From the day of that terrible chill in the snow-storm, she had never been quite well, Ramona thought.

  • Though she was warmly wrapped in a soft rug of silvery fur, a chill crept into her heart.

  • As she walked along the chill promenade she looked with discreet curiosity at every woman she met, to see her condition.

  • A chill, sinister feeling crept over me, but I kept my gaze fixed steadily in the same direction.