chill

英 [tʃɪl] 美 [tʃɪl]

• v. (使)变冷；(使)扫兴；[冶]冷淬
• n. 寒冷；扫兴；寒心；着凉
• adj. 冷淡的；寒冷的

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)变冷,(使)变凉

   make or become cold or cool

n. (名词)

1. [S]寒冷,寒气

   a slightly unpleasant degree of coldness

2. [C]寒战,发冷

   an illness marked by coldness and shaking of the body

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使打寒颤，使感到冷，使变冷，使冰冷
2. 【冶】使冷凝；冷凝
3. 冷却，冷藏，冷冻，凝结
4. 使沮丧，使扫兴，使寒心
5. 感到寒冷，变冷
6. 使恐惧
7. 恐吓，吓唬
8. 放松，冷静，镇静，平静下来
9. 【冶】冷铸，冷淬
10. 冷得发抖，寒颤，哆嗦
11. 使（轻度）冷冻

n. 名词

1. 寒冷，寒气，寒意，发冷，凉意
2. 冷淡
3. 扫兴，寒心
4. 寒颤，风寒，着凉，受寒
5. 害怕的感觉
6. 冷却
7. 冷冻

adj. 形容词

1. 扫兴的，令人寒心的
2. 冷淡的，冷酷的，冷若冰霜的
3. 冷的，寒的，凉飕飕的
4. 薄情的
5. 隔膜的
6. 阴冷的，阴森森的

英英释义

Noun:

1. coldness due to a cold environment

2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright;

   "a frisson of surprise shot through him"
   

3. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever

4. a sudden numbing dread

Verb:

1. depress or discourage;

   "The news of the city's surrender chilled the soldiers"
   

2. make cool or cooler;

   "Chill the food"
   

3. loose heat;

   "The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Come by the fire you must be chilled to the marrow!
   到火旁边来吧－－你一定冻坏了。
2. The night air chilled his bones.
   夜间的寒气使他感到冰冷彻骨。
3. The raw weather chilled our enthusiasm for a swim.
   天气阴冷，我们游泳的兴致大减。

用作名词 (n.)

1. There was a chill in the air this morning.
   今天早上有点冷冰冰的。
2. The bad news cast a chill over the whole family.
   这坏消息使全家人感到沮丧。
3. The sight sent a chill to her heart.
   这情景使她心寒。
4. He has caught a chill.
   他受寒了。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The host gave him a chill reception.
   主人(对客人而言)对他的接待是冷淡的。
2. He wandered about in the chill rain.
   他在凄风冷雨中荡来荡去。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Put the whisky in the ice box to chill.
   把威士忌酒放在冰盒里冰镇。
2. I want this wine to chill so I'll leave it in a cold place for an hour.
   我要把酒弄凉,所以把它放在冷的地方一个小时。
3. Our hearts chilled when we heard that our team had lost again.
   听到我们队再次败北,我们沮丧极了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The dreadful scene chilled him to the marrow.
   那可怕的场面使他不寒而栗。
2. Don't chill their enthusiasm.
   不要给他们的热情浇冷水。
3. Rain chilled the glittering pageant.
   雨使华丽的庆典大为逊色。
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4. This great poet's imagination was not chilled by trifles.
   这位想象力丰富的伟大诗人并不因这些琐事而气馁。
5. The child was chilled to the bone.
   那孩子被冻得冰凉彻骨。

用作名词 (n.)

1. There was a chill in the air this morning.
   今天早晨凉飕飕的。
2. Don't go out in this weather—you'll catch a chill.
   这种天气别出去,你会着凉的。
3. The bad news cast a chill over the meeting.
   坏消息使参加会议的人扫兴。
4. Recent events have led to a chill in relations between the two countries.
   最近的一些事件使得两国的关系变冷淡了。

经典引文

• He began to complain that he felt a chill.

  出自： E. Roosevelt

• He contracted a chill that quickly became pneumonia.

  出自： P. F. Boller

• The atmosphere outside the stove was chill.

  出自： Arnold Bennett

• He adored the chill green drink, clear and clinking with ice-cubes.

  出自： W. Boyd

• My very blood chills at the mention of the name of Newgate.

  出自： Defoe

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

名词+～

• enthusiasm chills 热情冷落下来
• sight chills sb to the core 情景使…大为失望

～+名词

• chill sb's enthusiasm 给某人的热情浇冷水

～+副词

• chill bitterly 刺骨地寒冷
• chill dreadfully 非常寒冷
• chill hopelessly 寒冷地令人绝望
• chill increasingly 越来越寒冷
• chill mortally 致命地寒冷
• chill suddenly 突然变凉

～+介词

• chill to the bone 寒气刺骨
• chill to the marrow 寒气刺骨
• chill with fear 吓得浑身打战

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cast〔depress〕 a chill 对…泼冷水
• catch〔get, take〕 a chill 着凉
• strike chill 感到沮丧

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. chill的基本意思是“(使)…变冷”“(使…)温度降低到使人发抖的程度”,引申可表示“情绪沮丧”“给(热情)浇冷水”“使…不寒而栗”等等。
2. chill可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,其主语可以是人,也可以是事物,其宾语可以是人,也可以是表示感情(如热情)的名词。

n. (名词)

1. chill的基本意思是“寒冷,寒气”“寒战,发冷”,引申可表示“令人寒心,感到扫兴”“冷淡,不友好”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cold
• coolness

【反义词】

• heat 热度
• warm 温暖的