cold

1.a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs);

will they never find a cure for the common cold?

2.the absence of heat;

the coldness made our breath visible

3.the sensation produced by low temperatures;

he shivered from the cold

4.used of physical coldness; having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration;

a cold climate

5.extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion;

a cold unfriendly nod

6.having lost freshness through passage of time;

a cold trail

7.(color) giving no sensation of warmth;

a cold bluish gray

8.marked by errorless familiarity;

had her lines cold before rehearsals started

9.no longer new; uninteresting;

cold (or stale) news

10.so intense as to be almost uncontrollable;

cold fury gripped him

11.sexually unresponsive;

was cold to his advances

12.without compunction or human feeling;

in cold blood

13. feeling or showing no enthusiasm;

a cold audience

14. unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication;

the boxer was out cold

15. of a seeker; far from the object sought

16. lacking the warmth of life;

cold in his grave

1.He couldn't rate a blind date with a cold biscuit.

他不可能接受别人的安排跟一个傻大姐般的姑娘约会。

2.I was in a cold sweat while they counted the ballots.

在他们清点选票时，我是浑身冷汗。

3.He stood there in a cold sweat, waiting for something to happen.

他胆战心惊地站在那里，等待着怕出什么事。

4.The old man is dead and lies in his cold storage.

那老人已经与世长辞，长眠在他的坟墓里了。