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left out in the cold

/kohld/US // koʊld //UK // (kəʊld) //

冷落了,被遗弃在寒冷的地方,被遗弃在寒风中

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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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.
n.名词 noun
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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.
adv.副词 adverb
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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

  • 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!

  • Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!