frigidity
noun[U]
uk/frɪˈdʒɪd.ə.ti/us/frɪˈdʒɪd.ə.t̬i/frigiditynoun[U](DISLIKING SEX)
(usedespeciallyof women) theconditionof notbecomingsexuallyexcitedor notenjoyingsex:
Hermotherwent toseeapsychiatristfor frigidity.
Fear of anothermiscarriagehadledto her frigidity.
- Hisaggressivesexualitydid nothelptoovercomehis wife'sapparentfrigidity.
- Shecounseledwomenwidelyonmenopause, frigidity, andsexualrelationsinmarriage.
- Thepsychologistbelievessexualfrigidity isrootedinchildhoodtrauma.
frigiditynoun[U](UNFRIENDLINESS)
thefactof beingunfriendlyor veryformal:
冷漠；不友好；拘谨He isdoomedtorepeatthe frigidity of his father'slife.他注定要像他父亲一样冷漠疏离。
The film'smainthemeisemotionalfrigidity.这部电影的主题是情感的冷淡。
- Manyactresseshave a frigidity about them.
- Shepushedpeopleaway with hermeannessand frigidity.
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- dourness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- prickly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishly
- standoffishness
- sullen
- surly
frigiditynoun[U](COLD)
thestateof beingextremelycold:
寒冷，严寒Weneededwetsuitstoprotectourselves from the frigidity of theocean.我们需要穿上潜水衣，保护自己不受冰冷海水的伤害。
They wereexposedto a frigidity sointensethat itseemedtoburn.他们暴露在极度寒冷的环境中，感觉像是被炙烤。
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- The frigidity of thewatermadefailureinevitable.
- It isbettertoerron thesideof frigidityratherthanallowwinetobecometoowarm.
Cold
- Baltic
- be (as) cold as iceidiom
- bitter
- bitterly
- bone-chilling
- cold snap
- coldness
- cooling
- crispness
- dank
- frozen
- glacial
- nuclear winter
- post-glacial
- refrigerated
- sharpness
- starving
- stone-cold
- ultracold
- vitrification