colder 音标拼音: [k'oldɚ]
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Cold \
Cold \ (
k [=
o ]
ld ),
a . [
Compar . {
Colder } (-[~
e ]
r );
superl .
{
Coldest }.] [
OE .
cold ,
cald ,
AS .
cald ,
ceald ;
akin to OS .
kald ,
D .
koud ,
G .
kalt ,
Icel .
kaldr ,
Dan .
kold ,
Sw .
kall ,
Goth .
kalds ,
L .
gelu frost ,
gelare to freeze .
Orig .
p .
p .
of AS .
calan to be cold ,
Icel .
kala to freeze .
Cf . {
Cool },
a .,
{
Chill },
n .]
1 .
Deprived of heat ,
or having a low temperature ;
not warm or hot ;
gelid ;
frigid . "
The snowy top of cold Olympis ."
--
Milton .
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2 .
Lacking the sensation of warmth ;
suffering from the absence of heat ;
chilly ;
shivering ;
as ,
to be cold .
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3 .
Not pungent or acrid . "
Cold plants ." --
Bacon [
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4 .
Wanting in ardor ,
intensity ,
warmth ,
zeal ,
or passion ;
spiritless ;
unconcerned ;
reserved .
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A cold and unconcerned spectator . --
T .
Burnet .
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No cold relation is a zealous citizen . --
Burke .
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5 .
Unwelcome ;
disagreeable ;
unsatisfactory . "
Cold news for me ." "
Cold comfort ." --
Shak .
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6 .
Wanting in power to excite ;
dull ;
uninteresting .
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What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in ! --
B .
Jonson .
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The jest grows cold . . .
when in comes on in a second scene . --
Addison .
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7 .
Affecting the sense of smell (
as of hunting dogs )
but feebly ;
having lost its odor ;
as ,
a cold scent .
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8 .
Not sensitive ;
not acute .
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Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man '
s nose . --
Shak .
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9 .
Distant ; --
said ,
in the game of hunting for some object ,
of a seeker remote from the thing concealed .
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10 . (
Paint .)
Having a bluish effect .
Cf . {
Warm },
8 .
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{
Cold abscess }.
See under {
Abscess }.
{
Cold blast }
See under {
Blast },
n .,
2 .
{
Cold blood }.
See under {
Blood },
n .,
8 .
{
Cold chill },
an ague fit . --
Wright .
{
Cold chisel },
a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness ,
for cutting cold metal . --
Weale .
{
Cold cream }.
See under {
Cream }.
{
Cold slaw }.
See {
Cole slaw }.
{
In cold blood },
without excitement or passion ;
deliberately .
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He was slain in cold blood after the fight was over .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
{
To give one the cold shoulder },
to treat one with neglect .
Syn :
Gelid ;
bleak ;
frigid ;
chill ;
indifferent ;
unconcerned ;
passionless ;
reserved ;
unfeeling ;
stoical .
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