cold、cool、chilly、frosty、freezing与icy这些形容词均含“冷、凉”之意。
cold : 最普通用词,强调缺乏温暖,使人不舒服。
- a cold day/house
冷天/寒冷的房子 - cold food/water
冰冷的食物/凉水 - cold hands
冰凉的手 - cold weather
寒冷的天气
cool : 指气温稍冷,感觉凉爽或凉快。
- cool water
凉水 - cool weather
冷天 - It was a lovely cool evening.
那是个凉爽的夜晚。
chilly : 指使哆嗦的冷。
- The bathroom gets chilly in the winter.
冬天浴室变得很冷。 - I felt a bit chilly so I put on a jacket.
我觉得有点冷,所以就穿了件夹克衫。 - a chilly October day
10月寒气袭人的一天
frosty : 指雾气在寒冷物体的表面凝结成薄冰时的严寒结霜的温度。
- The frosty air stung my cheeks.
冰冷的空气刺痛了我的双颊。 - It was a cold and frosty morning.
那是个天寒地冻的早晨。
freezing : 指使人僵直,使东西凝固的冷。
- It's freezing in here - can I close the window?
这儿冷极了——我把窗户关上可以吗? - They survived for four hours in the freezing water.
他们在冰冷的水中存活了4个小时。 - After walking through the snow, my feet were freezing.
走过雪地后,我的双脚都冻僵了。 - I had to wait for hours on the freezing cold station platform.
我不得不在寒冷彻骨的站台上等了好几个小时。
icy : 多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。
- He fell into the icy waters of the Moscow river.
他掉入莫斯科河刺骨的水中。 - Her skin was icy to the touch.
她的皮肤摸起来冰凉。 - She opened the window and I was hit by an icy blast of air.
她打开窗户,一阵刺骨的寒风向我袭来。