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单词 frigid
释义
frigid
(frɪdʒɪd )
1. adjective
Frigid means extremely cold. [formal]
A snowstorm hit the West today, bringing with it frigid temperatures.
The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.
Synonyms: freezing, cold, frozen, icy  
2. graded adjective
If you describe the atmosphere in a place or someone's behaviour as frigid, you mean that it is very formal and unfriendly. [disapproval]
He presided at all councils of ministers, where the atmosphere could be frigid on occasions.
3. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If someone, especially a woman, is described as frigid, they find it difficult to become sexually aroused. Frigid is often used to show disapproval.
Collocations:
frigid night
Today times are a bit tougher, the art galleries and curio shops appear a bit worn and, on an admittedly frigid night, the streets are empty.
Times, Sunday Times
When the police caught her, one frigid night, she remembers gladly getting into their warm car.
Times, Sunday Times
A frigid night allowed them to walk from the island the next morning.
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Finally, they walked for miles in the frigid night air.
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In hot climates, exposing the collector to the frigid night sky in winter can cool the building in summer.
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frigid temperatures
The frigid temperatures and higher seas of winter have seen numbers fall.
Times, Sunday Times
Even if wind chill temperatures are a fairly subjective phenomenon rather than an objective scientific temperature measurement, the wind can still put you at risk in frigid temperatures.
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The world's highest road tunnel has opened after five years' work in rarefied air and frigid temperatures at more than 4,000m above sea level.
Times, Sunday Times
Commuters fight frigid temperatures and snow as they leave work.
canada.com
It was a means of assuaging my guilt about him having to sleep outdoors in such frigid temperatures, but his reaction was amazing.
Globe and Mail
frigid water
Even after years of conditioning and months of specific cold-water training for this swim, the effect of diving into the frigid water was brutal.
Times,Sunday Times
While she did, the first passenger appeared by her side and, uncertain what to do, took off his shoes and jumped into the frigid water.
Times, Sunday Times
Their limbs ached from the strain of swimming in frigid water, their lungs heaved after only a few minutes.
Times, Sunday Times
Miraculously, not only did he find her, but she survived being immersed in the frigid water.
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Change awkwardly into your swimming togs under a towel before taking a dip in the frigid waters that surround our isles.
Times, Sunday Times
frigid weather
How do players stay warm in frigid weather?
Globe and Mail
One result of his many hours of practising outdoors in frigid weather was that he developed the ability to perform card manipulations while wearing gloves.
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Braving frigid weather, delegates and volunteers painted, repaired and weatherized the senior center.
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Thousands of freshly printed ballots were rushed to those caucusing outside the arena in frigid weather.
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He never owned as television set or a vehicle, preferring to walk, even in the most frigid weather.
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frigid winter
Think those hot summer days or frigid winter nights are hard to bear?
Christianity Today
The few benches, canopies and bus shelters offered minimal protection from the elements, a less than ideal situation given the area's frigid winter temperatures.
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As their name suggests, the mountains experience frigid winters with occasional snowfalls during strong cold fronts.
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Plants die down to their rhizomes in frigid winters and will maintain their leaves in cool winters during their dormancy period.
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