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单词 in a cold sweat
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cold /kōld/

adjective
  1. Giving or feeling a sensation that is felt to be the opposite of hot
  2. Chilly
  3. Low in temperature
  4. Without passion or zeal
  5. Spiritless
  6. Unfriendly
  7. Indifferent
  8. Reserved
  9. Dead
  10. (of colours) suggesting cold rather than heat, as blue or grey
  11. Without application of heat
  12. Used of operations formerly requiring heat, eg cold-casting, -forging, -moulding and -welding
  13. (in marketing, politics, etc) involving contacting people thought to be potential customers or supporters, without the contact having been prearranged or primed, and with no knowledge of the people's likely reactions or opinions, as in cold calling or cold canvassing
noun
  1. A relative absence of heat
  2. The feeling or sensation caused by the absence of heat
  3. Coldness
  4. A spell of cold weather
  5. A catarrhal inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs, caused by a virus, usually accompanied by hoarseness and coughing
  6. Catarrh
  7. Chillness
adverb

Without preparation or rehearsal

ORIGIN: OE (Anglian) cald (WSax ceald); Scot cauld, Ger kalt; cf cool, ON kala to freeze, L gelidus, from gelū frost

coldˈie noun (Aust sl)

A cold can or bottle of beer

coldˈish adjective

Somewhat cold

coldˈly adverb

coldˈness noun

coldˈblood noun and adjective

(of) a horse belonging to the heavy draught breeds (cf warmblood)

coldˈ-blooded adjective

  1. Having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of the environment, as in fishes
  2. (of persons) sensitive to cold (informal)
  3. (cold-bloodˈed) lacking in feeling
  4. (of persons or actions) hard-hearted

cold-bloodˈedly adverb

cold-bloodˈedness noun

cold boot noun (computing)

The rebooting of a machine by turning the power source off and on

cold-bootˈ transitive verb

cold cathode noun (elec)

An electrode from which electron emission results from high-potential gradient at the surface at normal temperatures

cold chisel noun

  1. A strong and finely-tempered chisel for cutting cold metal
  2. A tool used with a heavy hammer to cut or break stone, concrete, etc

cold comfort see under comfort

cold cream noun

A creamy ointment used to remove make-up or as a cooling or moisturizing dressing for the skin

transitive verb (informal)

To apply cold cream to

cold cuts plural noun

Slices of cold cooked meat

coldˈ-drawn adjective

  1. (of metal, wire, etc) drawn through a die without heating
  2. (of vegetable oil) subjected to pressure without heat

cold duck noun

A drink made from equal parts of champagne and burgundy

cold feet plural noun

  1. Loss of nerve
  2. Cooling-off of courage or ardour

cold fish noun

A person who shows no emotion

cold frame noun

A structure, usu of wood and glass and without artificial heat, for protecting young plants

cold front noun

The surface of an advancing mass of cold air where it meets a retreating mass of warmer air

cold fusion noun

Nuclear fusion without prior heating, ie effected at normal room temperature

cold harbour noun

A wayside travellers' shelter

cold-heartˈed adjective

  1. Lacking feeling
  2. Indifferent

cold-heartˈedly adverb

cold-heartˈedness noun

coldˈhouse noun

A plant frame or greenhouse, without artificial heat

cold light noun

Luminescence

cold-mouldˈed adjective

cold moulding noun

The moulding of articles using resins that polymerize chemically

cold pack noun

A wet pack prepared with cold water, to counteract fever, inflammation, etc

cold pig noun (informal)

An application of cold water to rouse a sleeper

coldˈ-rolled adjective

(of metal) rolled without heating

cold rubber noun

A hard-wearing synthetic rubber made at a temperature of 5ºC (41ºF)

coldˈ-short adjective

  1. Brittle when cold
  2. (of feelings) brittle, sensitive

cold-shouldˈer transitive verb

To give the cold shoulder to (see below)

cold slaw noun

Coleslaw

cold snap noun

A sudden short spell of cold weather

cold sore noun

A blister or group of blisters on or near the mouth, caused by a viral infection (herpes simplex)

cold start noun

  1. The reloading of a computer program (computing)
  2. The starting of an engine at the ambient temperature

cold steel noun

Cutting or stabbing weapons, as opposed to bullets

cold storage noun

  1. Storage and preservation of goods in refrigerating chambers
  2. Abeyance

cold table noun

A selection of cold meat and other food eaten in a formal setting

cold turkey noun

  1. Sudden withdrawal of narcotics
  2. The symptoms experienced by a drug user on such withdrawal (also figurative)
  3. The plain unvarnished truth

cold war noun

An intense, remorseless struggle for the upper hand by all means short of actual fighting, orig and esp as between the Communist and non-Communist powers after World War II

cold water noun

Water at its natural temperature in ordinary conditions

cold wave noun

  1. An artificial wave produced by a chemical solution (hairdressing)
  2. A sudden spell of cold weather over a large area

coldˈ-weld transitive verb

To force together (two like or unlike metals) so that normal oxide surface films are ruptured and adhesion occurs

cold welding noun

coldˈ-without noun

Brandy with cold water and no sugar

coldˈ-work transitive verb

To shape (metals) at or near atmospheric temperature by rolling, pressing, etc (cold work noun)

catch cold

  1. To contract a cold
  2. To make an unexpected loss

cold as charity

A proverbial phrase expressing ironically great coldness or indifference

cold dark matter

In cosmology, a material thought to be detectable in the microwave background of the universe whose existence may disprove the big-bang theory

come in from the cold

To gain acceptance or recognition after a period of isolation or neglect

give or show the cold shoulder

  1. To show studied indifference
  2. To give a rebuff

go cold (on)

  1. To lose enthusiasm for or interest in
  2. To peter out or disappear
  3. To fail to respond to

in a cold sweat

(as if) sweating with fear

in cold blood

With deliberate intent, not under the influence of passion

in the cold light of day see under day

leave one cold

To fail to impress

leave out in the cold

To neglect, ignore

out cold

Unconscious

pour or throw cold water on

To discourage

turn down cold

To refuse absolutely and immediately, allowing no discussion

sweat /swet/

noun
  1. The moisture excreted by the skin
  2. Moisture exuding or seeming to exude from anything
  3. A state, fit or process of exuding sweat
  4. Exercise or treatment inducing sweat
  5. Sweating sickness (obsolete)
  6. Labour
  7. Long, hard work
  8. Drudgery
  9. Fidgety anxiety
  10. A soldier (slang)
  11. (in pl) a sweatsuit or sweatpants (informal, esp N American)
intransitive verb (pat and pap sweatˈed (or sweat))
  1. To give out sweat or moisture
  2. To do difficult, strenuous work (informal)
  3. To toil, drudge for poor wages
  4. To exude
  5. To become coated with moisture
  6. To worry, be anxious (informal)
  7. To suffer penalty, smart (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To exude as, or like, sweat
  2. To cause to sweat
  3. To heat (fruit, meat, etc) slowly so as to extract the juices (cookery)
  4. To squeeze money or extortionate interest from
  5. To exact the utmost from
  6. To wring evidence or confession from (US sl)
  7. To extract undue gains from, eg by removing gold from a coin
  8. To compel to do hard work for meagre wages
  9. To unite by the partial fusion of metal surfaces
  10. To wet or soil with sweat
  11. To worry over (US informal)
ORIGIN: OE swǣtan to sweat; cf Ger schweissen; the OE noun was swāt

sweatˈed adjective

sweatˈer noun

  1. A person who or animal, etc that sweats
  2. A cause of sweating, eg a diaphoretic medicine
  3. A (heavy) jersey for leisurewear, intervals in exercise, etc (orig one for reducing weight by sweating)
  4. Someone who sweats coins or workers
  5. A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded and threatened passers-by with his sword

sweatˈiness noun

sweatˈing noun and adjective

sweatˈy adjective

sweat band noun

  1. The leather or similar band inside a man's hat
  2. A band worn to absorb perspiration from the forehead
  3. An absorbent wristlet worn by eg tennis players to prevent sweat running down to their hands

sweat cooling noun (aeronautics)

Cooling a component by evaporating fluid through a porous layer

sweated labour noun

Hard work obtained by exploitation

sweatˈer-girl noun (informal)

A woman with a large bust, usu one wearing a tight-fitting sweater

sweat gland noun

Any of the glands producing sweat

sweating sickness noun

An epidemic disorder (usu fatal) which ravaged Europe and esp England in the 15c and 16c, a violent inflammatory fever, with a fetid perspiration over the whole body

sweating system noun

The practice of working poor people at starvation wages, for long hours, at home or in unhealthy rooms

sweatˈpants plural noun (esp US)

Trousers of (usu thick) cotton material, with drawstring or elasticated waist and cuffs, as worn by athletes when warming up or after exercise or as leisurewear

sweatˈ-shirt or sweatˈshirt noun

A long-sleeved knitted cotton sweater, usu fleecy on the inside

sweat shop noun

A factory or shop using sweated labour

sweatˈsuit or sweat suit noun

A loose-fitting suit consisting of sweater and trousers, usu close-fitting at wrist and ankle, worn by athletes, etc

in a cold sweat (figurative)

In a state of terror or anxiety

no sweat (informal)

Words used to signify assent, or indicating that something will present no problems

sweat blood

To work or worry extremely hard

sweat it out (informal)

To endure, live through a time of danger, etc
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