icy
adjective
uk/ˈaɪ.si/us/ˈaɪ.si/icyadjective(COLD)
B1
coveredinice:
覆盖着冰的，结冰的icyroads结冰的马路
an icypavement结冰的人行道
B1
extremelycold:
极冷的Sheopenedthewindowand I washitby an icyblastofair.她打开窗户，一阵刺骨的寒风向我袭来。
Hefellinto the icywatersof the Moscowriver.他掉入莫斯科河刺骨的水中。
Herskinwas icy to thetouch.她的皮肤摸起来冰凉。
having temperature lower than what is comfortable
- coldBrr, it's cold outside!
- bitterWrap up warmly - it's bitter outside!
- freezingIt's absolutely freezing in here!
- bitingA biting wind blew in her face as she opened the door.
- icyAn icy wind whistled across the plain.
Precipitation: snow & ice
- anti-icing
- antifreeze
- avalanche
- be snowed inidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- freezing
- glaciation
- glacier
- glaciology
- hail
- icicle
- pack ice
- sleet
- slush
- snowflake generation
- snowpack
- snowstorm
- terminal moraine
- thundersnow
- unfreeze
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Cold
icyadjective(UNFRIENDLY)
B2
unfriendlyandshowingnoemotion:
冷冰冰的，不友好的an icystare冰冷的目光
not liking or being pleasant towards others
- unfriendlyThe crowd was unfriendly and dangerous.
- coolShe was very cool towards his new wife.
- coldShe's a cold, heartless woman.
- icyHe gave me an icy stare.
- glacialHer reception of him was glacial.
Not being friendly
- abrasive
- abrasively
- abrasiveness
- abruptly
- abruptness
- antagonism
- antagonistic
- coolness
- dourness
- estrange
- estranged
- estrangement
- forbidding
- frigid
- prickly
- sourly
- sourness
- standoffish
- standoffishly
- standoffishness
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Not showing or feeling emotions