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单词 chilly
释义 chilly
I. chilly \ˈchilē, -li\ adjective
(usually -er/-est)
Etymology: chill (II) + -y
1.
 a. : noticeably cold : cold enough to chill : chilling
  < chilly weather >
  < a chilly drink >
 b. : chill 1
  < a chilly wind, cold, damp, and miserable >
2. : unpleasantly affected by cold
 < in the thin coat the boy was manifestly chilly >
3. : having a tendency to chill: as
 a. : lacking humanly warm qualities, especially warmth of feeling
  < a … model of … chilly virtues — John Buchan >
  < a female figure in marble — a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues — C.W.Cunnington >
  < a chilly personality >
  < a chilly laugh >
 b. : unfriendly
  < a chilly reception >
 c. : coldly critical
  < a calm and chilly mind — G.N.Shuster >
4. : having a tendency to arouse fear or apprehension
 < a giggling, degenerate handyman … a chilly thing to watch — Wolcott Gibbs >
 < this study of a mind for which reality has … ceased to exist is a nice chilly piece of work — New Yorker >
II. chil·ly \ˈchil(l)ē, -l(l)i\ adverb
: in a chilly manner
 < the whole landscape of Asia to which I had hitherto been so chilly indifferent — Edmond Taylor >
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