cold shoulder
冷肩膀,冷肩,冷肩症,冷冷的肩膀
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Definitions
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- : a show of deliberate indifference or disregard.
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- : Also cold-shoul·der . having a portion of each sleeve cut out, leaving the shoulders exposed: cold shoulder tops for everyday wear;a cold-shoulder dress.
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Examples
After giving a cold shoulder to cryptocurrencies for years, India’s central bank is finally set to launch its own digital currency, and investors in the country have a reason to cheer.
For almost 30 years, NASA has given Venus the cold shoulder.
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.
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
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.
I only saw the glitter of a bayonet which a Mexican thrust into his shoulder, at the very moment he was helping me up.