Palavra Inglês do Dia
cold
frio
Definições
| inglês > português |
| cold |
| 1. Adjetivo. frio |
| 2. Adjetivo. hostil |
| 3. Substantivo. frio |
| 4. Substantivo. (Medicina) resfriado |
| inglês > inglês |
| 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. n. A condition of low temperature. |
| Come in, out of the cold. |
| 19. n. (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. |
| português > inglês |
| frio |
| 1. adj. cold |
| 2. adj. having low temperatures; cool |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) insensitive |
| 4. n-m. cold |
| 5. n-m. coldness |
Pronúncia
Exemplos
| The room is very cold. A sala está muito fria. How is your cold? Como está o seu resfriado? I can't stand the cold here. Não suporto o frio daqui. It was a very cold night. Estava uma noite muito fria. My feet get cold. Estou com frio nos pés. |
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