Englisch > Deutsch | |
cold | |
1. Adjektiv: | |
2. [1] kalt | |
[1] It is cold outside. | |
Es ist kalt draußen. | |
[1] "The season was cold and rainy, and in the evenings we crowded around a blazing wood fire, and occasionally amused ourselves with some German stories of ghosts, which happened to fall into our hands." | |
Englisch > Englisch | |
cold | |
1. adj. (of a thing) Having a low temperature. | |
A cold wind whistled through the trees. | |
2. adj. (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold. | |
The forecast is that it will be very cold today. | |
3. adj. (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort. | |
She was so cold she was shivering. | |
4. adj. Unfriendly, emotionally distant or unfeeling. | |
She shot me a cold glance before turning her back. | |
5. adj. Dispassionate, not prejudiced or partisan, impartial. | |
Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head. | |
He's a nice guy, but the cold facts say we should fire him. | |
The cold truth is that states rarely undertake military action unless their national interests are at stake. | |
6. adj. Completely unprepared; without introduction. | |
He was assigned cold calls for the first three months. | |
7. adj. Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness. | |
I knocked him out cold. | |
After one more beer he passed out cold. | |
8. adj. (usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart. | |
Practice your music scales until you know them cold. | |
Try both these maneuvers until you have them cold and can do them in the dark without thinking. | |
Rehearse your lines until you have them down cold. | |
Keep that list in front of you, or memorize it cold. | |
9. adj. (usually with "have" transitively) Cornered, done for. | |
With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud. | |
Criminal interrogation. Initially they will dream up explanations faster than you could ever do so, but when they become fatigued, often they will acknowledge that you have them cold. | |
10. adj. (obsolete) Not pungent or acrid. | |
11. adj. (obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting. | |
12. adj. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour. | |
a cold scent | |
13. adj. (obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute. | |
14. adj. Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot. | |
You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it! | |
15. adj. (painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour. | |
16. adj. (databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage. | |
17. adj. (informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless | |
I can't believe she said that...that was cold! | |
18. subst. A condition of low temperature. | |
Come in, out of the cold. | |
19. subst. (medicine) A common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever. | |
I caught a miserable cold and had to stay home for a week. | |
20. adv. While at low temperature. | |
The steel was processed cold. | |
21. adv. Without preparation. | |
The speaker went in cold and floundered for a topic. | |
22. adv. With finality. | |
I knocked him out cold. | |
23. adv. (slang) In a cold, frank, or realistically honest manner. | |
Deutsch > Englisch | |
kalt | |
1. adj. cold, chilly; the physical perception of something (objects, weather, body etc.) to have a low temperature | |
2. adj. calm, restrained, passionless | |
3. adj. cold, frigid (especially when referring to emotions) | |
4. adj. (housing) at cost (without utilities, such as heating, included) | |
5. adv. (of rent-paying) as base rent; excluding utilities | |
Ich zahle 550 € kalt für meine Wohnung. - I pay €550 base rent for my apartment. | |