单词 | cold shower |
释义 | cold showerA surprisingly chilly reception, reaction, or response, as in The small voter turnout was a cold shower to the League of Women Voters. The allusion in this term is to the unexpected and not always pleasant effect of an ice-cold shower. [Second half of 1900s] Words nearby cold showercold-pressed, cold-roll, cold-rolled, cold rubber, cold shoulder, cold shower, coldslaw, cold snap, cold sore, cold spot, cold stage The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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