cold — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Having a low temperature.

   TraduzioneChe ha una temperatura bassa.

   Uso

   • of a thing

   Sinonimi

   chilledchillyfreezingfrigidglacialicycool

   Contrari

   bakingboilingheatedhotscorchingsearingtorridwarm

   Esempi

   The water is cold.

   A cold wind whistled through the trees.

   As cold waters to a thirstie soule: so is good newes from a farre countrey.

   Altri esempi (2)

   Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful Death, set up thine altar here, and dress it with such terrors as thou hast at thy command: for this is thy dominion!

   I had always supposed that playboys didn't give a hoot for anything except blondes and cold bottles.

2. Causing the air to be cold.

   Uso

   • of the weather

   Sinonimi

   nippyparkytaters

   Contrari

   hot

   Esempi

   The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

   Altri esempi (3)

   As fruits of hotter countries, transearthed in colder climates, have vigour enough in themselves to be fructuous according to their nature: but, that they are hindered by the chilling nips of the air, and the soil, wherein they are planted.

   Antarctica is the coldest, iciest place on Earth, which makes the recent warming event particularly worrying for many scientists. […] Larter said this happens less frequently in the East Antarctic because the ocean water there is much colder.

   The current high temperature expected for Kansas City on Saturday is around 5 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, which would be the coldest high temperature on record in the area for the date, according to CNN Weather. […] But could it become cold enough for officials to cancel the showdown between the Chiefs and Dolphins?

3. Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

   TraduzioneChe avverte freddo, specialmente fino a provare disagio.

   Uso

   • of a person or animal

   Contrari

   hot

   Esempi

   I am cold without my coat.

   She was so cold she was shivering.

4. Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

   TraduzionePoco amichevole; emotivamente distante o insensibile.

   Sinonimi

   aloofdistanthostilestandoffishunfriendlyunwelcoming

   Contrari

   amiablefriendlywelcoming

   Esempi

   She gave me a cold look.

   She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

   Altri esempi (2)

   At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.

   "Suppose someone pops in?" "Don't be silly. Mrs Cream is working on her book. Phyllis is in her room, typing Upjohn's speech. Wilbert's gone for a walk. Upjohn isn't here. The only character who could pop in would be the Brinkley Court ghost. If it does, give it a cold look and walk through it. That'll teach it not to come butting in where it isn't wanted, ha ha."

5. Chilled, filled with an uncomfortable sense of fear, dread, or alarm.

   Sinonimi

   apprehensive

   Esempi

   Yet oft when sundown skirts the moor ⁠An inner trouble I behold, ⁠A spectral doubt which makes me cold, That I shall be thy mate no more, […]

6. Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

   Sinonimi

   disinterestedindifferent

   Esempi

   Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.

   He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake.

7. Completely unprepared; without introduction.

   Sinonimi

   unpreparedunready

   Contrari

   preparedprimedready

   Esempi

   He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

   Altri esempi (1)

   The one thing considered the brass ring in selling insurance was making a sale on a cold canvass. Cold canvassing was the most dreaded exercise for most insurance salesmen.

8. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

   Esempi

   I knocked him out cold.

   After one more beer he passed out cold.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Before Mr Big could utter another word, Dad’s false leg crashed down through the window… …and the wooden foot bashed Mr Big hard on the head. The crime boss collapsed to the floor, out cold.

9. Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

   Uso

   • usually
   • with "have" or "know" transitively

   Esempi

   Practice your music scales until you know them cold.

   Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking.

   Altri esempi (2)

   Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold.

   Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold.

10. Cornered; done for.

    Uso

    • usually
    • with "have" transitively

    Esempi

    With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.

    Altri esempi (2)

    Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold.

    "Either Upjohn agrees to drop that libel suit or he doesn't get these notes, as he calls them, and without them he won't be able to utter a word. He'll have to come across with the price of the papers. Won't he, Jeeves?" "He would appear to have no alternative, miss." "Unless he wants to get up on that platform and stand there opening and shutting his mouth like a goldfish. We've got him cold."

11. Cool, impressive.

    Uso

    • gergo

    Esempi

    Altri esempi (1)

    There were more than a few unforgettable moments from Sunday's Game 7 showdown between the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings. Steph Curry came up with an epic performance on a record-setting evening, and he also produced one of the coldest photos of the NBA Playoffs thus far.

    Lowkey she so cold for that

    Indians see this fit and think it's the coldest thing ever

12. Not pungent or acrid.

    Uso

    • obsoleto

    Sinonimi

    mildneutral

    Esempi

    cold plants

13. Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

    Uso

    • obsoleto

    Sinonimi

    colourlesslifeless

    Esempi

    What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!

    The jest grows cold[…]when it comes on in a second scene.

14. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

    Esempi

    a cold scent

15. Not sensitive; not acute.

    Uso

    • obsoleto

    Esempi

    Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.

16. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

    Esempi

    You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!

17. Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

18. Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

19. Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

    Uso

    • informale

    Sinonimi

    cold-eyedfrostyicyuncompassionate

    Esempi

    I can't believe she said that...that was cold!

    Altri esempi (2)

    River Song: (upon seeing the still-living Doctor, moments after he made her and two other friends watch what they thought was his death) This is cold. Even by your standards, this is cold.

    "At the risk of sounding cold though, I'm glad he's gone. His abandonment left me in Aunt Fara's custody, and that's honestly the best thing he's ever done for me."

20. Not radioactive.

    Uso

    • informale

    Contrari

    hotradioactive

    Esempi

    Altri esempi (1)

    "That's right," Jackson said. "The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you." There was eagerness in his reedy voice. "What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?"

21. Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.

22. Without electrical power being supplied.

    Sinonimi

    dead

    Esempi

    Altri esempi (1)

    Therefore, to avoid unnecessary delay in the trouble-shooting procedure, it is good practice to make a resistance check on a "cold" circuit (before applying power), to determine whether resistance values are normal.

Sostantivo

1. A condition of low temperature.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Come in, out of the cold.

2. A harsh place; a place of abandonment.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • figurato
   • non numerabile
   • with 'the'

   Esempi

   The former politician was left out in the cold after his friends deserted him.

3. A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.

   TraduzioneUna malattia comune, solitamente innocua e virale, di solito con congestione nasale e talvolta febbre.

   Uso

   • numerabile

   Esempi

   I have a cold.

   I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week

   Altri esempi (1)

   Dr. Jon S. Abramson, a pediatric infectious disease expert at Wake Forest Medical School, has found no medical evidence to support feeding a cold and starving a fever. He is particularly offended by the latter part of the phrase. […] “Always feed both colds and fevers,” Abramson said.

4. Rheum; sleepy dust.

   Uso

   • gergo
   • non numerabile

   Esempi

   Who the fuck is this, pagin' me at 5:46 in the morning? / crack of dawn and now I'm yawnin' / wipe the cold out my eye, see who's this pagin' me and why

   But I remember this, moms would lick her finger tips / to wipe the cold out my eye before school with her spit

Avverbio

1. At a low temperature.

   Esempi

   The steel was processed cold.

2. Without preparation.

   Esempi

   The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Two weeks after it closed, he started rehearsals for Cheer Up, a new play by Mary Roberts Rinehart booked into the Harris Theatre. It was to open cold without any out-of-town tryout under the direction of a young Cecil B. DeMille […]

3. In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner.

   Uso

   • datato
   • informale
   • gergo

   Esempi

   Now Little Bo Peep cold lost her sheep / And Rip van Winkle fell the hell asleep

Aggettivo

1. having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

   Contrari

   hot

   Esempi

   a cold climate

   a cold room

   Altri esempi (4)

   dinner has gotten cold

   cold fingers

   if you are cold, turn up the heat

   a cold beer

2. extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

   Contrari

   hot

   Esempi

   a cold unfriendly nod

   a cold and unaffectionate person

   Altri esempi (3)

   a cold impersonal manner

   cold logic

   the concert left me cold

3. having lost freshness through passage of time

   Esempi

   a cold trail

   dogs attempting to catch a cold scent

4. (color) giving no sensation of warmth

   Esempi

   a cold bluish grey

5. marked by errorless familiarity

   Esempi

   had her lines cold before rehearsals started

6. lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

   Sinonimi

   staledustymoth-eaten

   Esempi

   moth-eaten theories about race

   stale news

7. so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

   Esempi

   cold fury gripped him

8. sexually unresponsive

   Sinonimi

   frigid

   Esempi

   was cold to his advances

   a frigid woman

9. without compunction or human feeling

   Sinonimi

   cold-bloodedinhumaninsensate

   Esempi

   in cold blood

   cold-blooded killing

   Altri esempi (1)

   insensate destruction

10. feeling or showing no enthusiasm

    Esempi

    a cold audience

    a cold response to the new play

11. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

    Esempi

    the boxer was out cold

    pass out cold

12. of a seeker; far from the object sought

13. lacking the warmth of life

    Esempi

    cold in his grave

Sostantivo

1. a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

   Sinonimi

   common cold

   Termini più generali

   respiratory diseaserespiratory illnessrespiratory disordercommunicable disease

   Esempi

   will they never find a cure for the common cold?

2. the absence of heat

   Sinonimi

   coldnesslow temperaturefrigidityfrigidness

   Termini più generali

   temperaturevasoconstrictorvasoconstrictivepressor

   Esempi

   the coldness made our breath visible

   come in out of the cold

   Altri esempi (1)

   cold is a vasoconstrictor

3. the sensation produced by low temperatures

   Sinonimi

   coldness

   Termini più generali

   temperature

   Esempi

   he shivered from the cold

   the cold helped clear his head