Adjective:
devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;a frigid greeting
got a frosty reception
a frozen look on their faces
a glacial handshake
icy stare
wintry smile
covered with frost;a frosty glass
hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost
pleasantly cold and invigorating;crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
a nipping wind
a nippy fall day
snappy weather
cold,cool,chilly,frosty,freezing,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。
cool指既不太热也不太冷。
chilly指使哆嗦的冷。
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。
freezing指使人僵直,使东西凝固的冷。
icy多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。
近义词 icy冰的cold冷的crisp脆的cool凉爽的bitter苦的aloof疏远的nippy刺骨的hoary灰白的bleak萧瑟的raw未加工的algid发冷的white白色的rimed结霜的parky寒冷的frigid寒冷的chilly寒冷的wintry冬天的frozen冰冻的arctic北极的hiemal冬季的brumal冬天的remote遥远的snappy干脆的distant疏远的niveous似雪的nipping尖酸的freezing冰冻的reserved保留的rimy被霜覆盖的hibernal冬日的unloving无爱心的glacial冰川期的unfriendly不友好的cold-hearted冷淡的grey-white灰白色的chilling使人寒心的apathetic缺乏感情的standoffish不友好的indifferent漠不关心的
形容词95%,名词5%
用作形容词The fields lookfrostythis morning.今晨的田野看起来有霜冻。
I hung out the washing to dry on afrostyday and when I went to take it in it was as stiff as a board.在一个霜冻的日子里,我把洗涤物挂到外面晒干,但当我去把它拿进来时,它已硬绷绷了。
I rushed out to thefrostycold.我不顾寒霜
It's sunny, but the air isfrosty.虽然是晴天
The banker's voice becamefrosty.银行家的声音变得冷冰冰的。
The atmosphere in the room was decidedlyfrosty.房间里的气氛明显很冷。
The latest proposals were given afrostyreception.对最新的建议反应冷淡。
Cocks were crowing on another clear andfrostymorning.鸡在叫,又是一个冻白的早晨。