coldness

noun

1. 冷淡；冷漠；不友好的举止
   the lack of warm feelings; unfriendly behaviour
   1. She was hurt by the coldness in his voice.
      他说话的冷漠语气让她很伤心。
2. 冷；寒冷
   the state of being cold
   1. the icy coldness of the water
      冰冷彻骨的水

1. ADJ-GRADED 冷的;冰凉的
   Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
   1. Rinse the vegetables under cold running water...
      用凉的自来水清洗这些蔬菜。
   2. He likes his tea neither too hot nor too cold...
      他想要杯不凉不热的茶。
   3. Your dinner's getting cold.
      你的饭快凉了。
2. ADJ-GRADED (天气或地方)冷的，寒冷的
   If it is cold, or if a place is cold, the temperature of the air is very low.
   1. It was bitterly cold...
      天冷得刺骨。
   2. The house is cold because I can't afford to turn the heat on...
      屋里很冷，因为我没钱付暖气费。
   3. This is the coldest winter I can remember.
      这是我记忆中最冷的一个冬天。
3. N-UNCOUNT 冷;寒冷
   Cold weather or low temperatures can be referred to as the cold .
   1. He must have come inside to get out of the cold...
      他肯定是进来避寒的。
   2. His feet were blue with cold.
      他的脚冻得发紫。
4. ADJ-GRADED （人）感觉冷的，寒冷的
   If you are cold, your body is at an unpleasantly low temperature.
   1. I was freezing cold...
      我快冻僵了。
   2. I'm hungry, I'm cold and I've nowhere to sleep.
      我饥寒交迫，甚至连睡觉的地方都没有。

If you want to emphasize how cold the weather is, you can say that it is freezing, especially in winter when there is ice or frost. In summer, if the temperature is below average, you can say that it is cool. In general, cold suggests a lower temperature than cool, and cool things may be pleasant or refreshing. A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there. If it is very cool or too cool, you can also say that it is chilly.
如果要强调天气冷，尤其是在冬天有冰或霜时，可以说 freezing。在夏天，如果气温低于平均气温，可以说 cool。一般来说，cold 表示的温度比 cool 低，cool 含有舒服或凉爽之意：A cool breeze swept off the sea; it was pleasant out there (一阵凉爽的微风拂过海面，让人感觉外面十分舒服)。如果天气很凉甚至太凉，可以用 chilly。

5. ADJ (食物)凉的，冷的
   Cold food, such as salad or meat that has been cooked and cooled, is not intended to be eaten hot.
   1. A wide variety of hot and cold snacks will be available.
      会有各种冷热小吃。
   2. ...cold meats.
      冷肉
6. ADJ-GRADED (色彩或光)冷的，冷色调的
   Cold colours or cold light give an impression of coldness.
   1. Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.
      通常，绘画中暖色调为近感色，而冷色调为远感色。
   2. ...the cold blue light from a streetlamp.
      街灯发出的幽幽蓝光
7. ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;冷酷的;不热情的
   A cold person does not show much emotion, especially affection, and therefore seems unfriendly and unsympathetic. If someone's voice is cold, they speak in an unfriendly unsympathetic way.
   1. What a cold, unfeeling woman she was...
      她真是个冷酷无情的女人！
   2. 'Send her away,' Eve said in a cold, hard voice.
      “把她打发走。”伊芙冷酷无情地说道。
8. ADJ-GRADED (痕迹或气味)已变淡的
   A cold trail or scent is one which is old and therefore difficult to follow.
   1. He could follow a cold trail over hard ground and even over stones.
      他能循着地面上甚至是石头上留下的淡淡的痕迹展开追踪。
9. 远未猜中的
   If you say that someone is cold when they are trying to guess the answer to a question or puzzle, you mean that they are thinking about it in the wrong way and are going to give a wrong answer.
10. 感冒;伤风
    If you have a cold, you have a mild, very common illness which makes you sneeze a lot and gives you a sore throat or a cough.
11. See also: common cold
12. PHRASE 患感冒
    If you catch cold, or catch a cold, you become ill with a cold.
    1. Let's dry our hair so we don't catch cold.
       我们把头发吹干，这样就不会感冒。
13. PHRASE 未能打动;未能激起…的兴趣
    If something leaves you cold, it fails to excite or interest you.
    1. Lawrence is one of those writers who either excite you enormously or leave you cold.
       劳伦斯是那种要么让人激动不已，要么让人觉得索然无味的作家。
14. PHRASE 昏迷的;失去知觉的;睡得很沉的
    If someone is out cold, they are unconscious or sleeping very heavily.
    1. She was out cold but still breathing.
       她处于昏迷状态，但还有呼吸。
15. PHRASE 被忽视;受冷落
    If you say that a person, group, or country has been left out in the cold, you mean that they have been ignored by others rather than being invited to take part in some activity with them.
    1. Developing countries might be left out in the cold in current world trade talks.
       在目前的世界贸易洽谈中，发展中国家可能会受到冷落。
16. in cold blood → see: blood

1. There was a coldness in her that chilled him
   她身上透着一股冷漠，让他不寒而栗。
2. There were periods of sulking, of pronounced distance, of coldness.
   沉闷、明显不友好和冷淡的场面多次出现。
3. I had prayed steadily for weeks, and there had been no answer but this coldness and darkness, this harsh air, this abandonment.
   我已经坚持祈祷了好几个星期，但没有任何回应，只有这寒冷，这黑暗，这刺骨的风，还有这被遗弃的痛苦。
4. Eg. he does not seem to get aware of the coldness of their attitude towards his appeal.
   他好象没有意识到大家对他呼吁冷淡。
5. Bree is introduced in season one as the perfect wife and mother, however, it becomes apparent that her emotional coldness and obsession with appearance causes the rest of her family to resent her.
   布雷是一个完美的妻子和母亲，但是，很明显，她的情感冷淡和痴迷外表让家人怨恨她。
6. It is said that in paradise there will be no hunger, no coldness.
   据说天堂里没有饥饿，没有寒冷。
7. The degree of hotness or coldness of a body or an environment.
   温度：一个身体或一个环境的冷热程度。
8. In the sunshine, with the songs of the early spring, there is no room for coldness and sadness. 3 My heart is filled with warmth and happiness.
   阳光里伴着早春的歌声，赶走了一切寒冷和忧伤。我心中充满了温暖而又幸福的感觉，这让我感觉到生命的活力。
9. I am told God loves me, and yet the reality of darkness and coldness and emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul.
   我被告知上帝是爱我的，可是现实中的黑暗、冷酷和空虚是如此之大，没有什么能抚慰我的心灵。
10. I little expected such a reception; I anticipated only coldness and stiffness.
    我没料到会有这样的接待：我原以为只有冷淡和傲慢。
11. But all these things went down before the merciless coldness of her mind and the goad of desperation.
    但所有这些在她心里头无情的冷酷和绝望的驱策面前都让步了。
12. Another effect of coldness appears in metal.
    低温的另一个效应表现在金属中。
13. That there is such a coldness sweeping the land?
    冷漠席卷了全地，完全不关你的事吗？
14. In the Anti-Japanese period, the Sino-German relations underwent the process from coldness to rapture.
    抗日战争时期，中德关系经历了由冷淡和破裂的演变过程。
15. Mr Edgar's coldness depressed me exceedingly;
    埃德加先生的冷淡使我非常难过；
16. She had always been her father's favourite and she could not understand his coldness now.
    她一直是父亲的掌上明珠，她无法理解如今他何以如此地冷漠无情。
17. As for coldness, if she really feel cold, she will get up.
    至于冷嘛，如果她真觉得冷了，肯定就起来了。
18. His coldness was not always apparent.
    他的冷淡并非总是显而易见。
19. She has that slight coldness of manner which is typically English.
    她的态度有点冷淡，这是典型的英国式的。
20. Just then she could ill brook coldness from any one.
    她目前决不能让任何人对他冷淡。
21. Shen Congwen's novels such as Border Town embrace a sort of coldness that tends to be neglected.
    沈从文的《边城》等小说中有一种不太被关注的冷。
22. This answer, abrupt as it seems to us, expressed no coldness or discourtesy.
    在我们听来，这似乎是唐突无礼，其实它并非冷淡或失敬。
23. If people knew the coldness with which he had met her love, the indifference he had shown to her tears and to her despair.
    要是人们知道他对她的爱情的无情回报，对她的眼泪和绝望所显示的冷淡就好了！
24. Her coldness of manner and apparent aloofness distressed him greatly.
    她举止冷淡，明显的漠不关心，这使他非常难过。
25. She complained to me of her company's coldness to her.
    她向我抱怨她朋友封她的冷淡。
26. There was a certain coldness in her attitude toward me.
    她对我的态度有一点冷淡。
27. I was so hurt by her coldness and scepticism that tears rose to my eyes.
    她的冷淡和怀疑深深地伤了我的心，我的泪水都涌到眼眶里来了。
28. I've also tried to build a culture that understands writing brief e-mails is not emotional coldness.
    我也尝试建立一种能理解简洁的电子邮件并不是感情冷漠的文化。
29. Nevertheless, from grandpa I've learned that apart from coldness and hatred, there is also warmth and love in life.
    可是从祖父那里，知道了人生除掉了冰冷和憎恶而外，还有温暖和爱。
30. To rebuff or reject with rudeness, coldness, or denial.
    断然拒绝；粗鲁、冷漠地拒绝；否定。

noun

1. a lack of affection or enthusiasm
   1. a distressing coldness of tone and manner

   Synonym:    coolnessfrigidityfrigidnessicinesschilliness

2. the absence of heat
   1. the coldness made our breath visible
   2. come in out of the cold
   3. cold is a vasoconstrictor

   Synonym:    coldlow temperaturefrigidityfrigidness

3. the sensation produced by low temperatures
   1. he shivered from the cold
   2. the cold helped clear his head

   Synonym:    cold