coldly
冷淡地,冷冷地,冷酷地,冷冷地说
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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.
- : distant from the object of search or the correct answer.
- : Slang. not scoring or winning; ineffective: Cold shooting and poor rebounding were their undoing.
- : Art. having cool colors, especially muted tones tending toward grayish blue.being a cool color.
- : slow to absorb heat, as a soil containing a large amount of clay and hence retentive of moisture.
- : Metalworking. noting or pertaining to any process involving plastic deformation of a metal at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur because of the strain: cold working.
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- : the relative absence of heat: Everyone suffered from the intense cold.
- : the sensation produced by loss of heat from the body, as by contact with anything having a lower temperature than that of the body: He felt the cold of the steel door against his cheek.
- : cold weather: He can't take the cold.
- : Also called common cold. a respiratory disorder characterized by sneezing, sore throat, coughing, etc., caused by an allergic reaction or by a viral, bacterial, or mixed infection.
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- : with complete competence, thoroughness, or certainty; absolutely: He learned his speech cold.
- : without preparation or prior notice: She had to play the lead role cold.
- : in an abrupt, unceremonious manner: He quit the job cold.
- : Metalworking. at a temperature below that at which recrystallization can occur: to cold-hammer an iron bar; The wire was drawn cold.
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
- out in the cold
- pour cold water on
- stone cold
- stop cold
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
They’re designed in Sweden with Nordic winters in mind, which means they can keep your hands warm in the coldest climes.
Domokos carried with him his suitcases, a bad cold and a burning secret.
Processed and fried foods, such as cold cuts, store-bought baked goods, candy and chips don’t have many of the nutrients our bodies and brains need, Richardson says.
That need to keep it super-cold can make moving Pfizer’s vaccine to where it will be used potentially difficult.
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a 2011 cold case involving his then-pregnant girlfriend, who went missing in Loudoun County.
“I hope this will be good for us, but especially good for me,” he tells her, coldly.
But he was a canny political operator, far less ideological and more coldly pragmatic than proponents liked to admit.
The senator, a college gridiron star, has a coldly Machiavellian widow.
Amanda was devastated when he replied coldly, “I am not speaking to you unless it is about reconciliation.”
Because it lacks the stylish voice of a hard-boiled detective noir, it sometimes feels coldly industrious.
"Soldiers, attend the Marquis de Montemar to the gates," coldly replied the warden.
"You should have thought of that before you rolled Monsieur Sanguinetti in the mud," he answered coldly.
They confronted each other, Gwynne flushed and angry, Isabel coldly interrogative.
The statement was in the form of a question, to which the ex-postman rather coldly replied: "Yes, so I have heard."
There is something in your manner which would almost imply that she will hear me coldly, mother, said the young man, anxiously.