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单词 chilly
释义
chilly
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃɪl.i/us
/ˈtʃɪl.i/

chillyadjective(COLD)

C1
(literarychill)
(ofweather,conditionsin aroom, orpartsof thebody)cold:
（天气、房间或人体）寒冷的，凉飕飕的
Thebathroomgetschilly in thewinter.冬天浴室变得很冷。
Ifeltabitchilly so I put on ajacket.我觉得有点冷，所以就穿了件夹克衫。
a chillyOctoberday10月寒气袭人的一天
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
feeling cold
  • coldYour hands are cold!
  • feel the coldShe's someone who feels the cold, that's why she's always bundled up.
  • chillyThe sun's gone down and now I feel quite chilly.
  • freezingShut the windows, I'm freezing!
  • frozenMy nose is frozen after that walk - I should have worn a scarf.
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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.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cold
  • Baltic
  • be (as) cold as iceidiom
  • bitter
  • bitterly
  • bone-chilling
  • cold snap
  • coldness
  • cooling
  • crispness
  • dank
  • frozen
  • glacial
  • nuclear winter
  • perished
  • polar vortex
  • post-glacial
  • refrigerated
  • sharpness
  • stone-cold
  • ultracold
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chillyadjective(UNFRIENDLY)

unfriendly:
冷淡的，不友好的
I went toseethesalesmanagerbut got aratherchillyreception.我去见销售经理，可是却受到了冷遇。
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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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(Definition ofchillyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

chilly| American Dictionary

chilly
adjective
us
/ˈtʃɪl·i/
coldbut notfreezing:
a chillymorning
fig.Theirrelationshipwasdecidedlychilly(=unfriendly)after theargument.
(Definition ofchillyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The trouble is that instead of finding a warm, friendly atmosphere at the end of the road, we may find achilly, unfriendly abode.
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We have all noticed that from time to time it gets a littlechilly.
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If he comes again, he will have achillyreception, following his comments tonight about the fairness of the tribunals.
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I think that the leaders face achillyprospect.
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Most of the time it was wet and ratherchilly.
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Consistency and continuity are two great qualities, but in this setting the words are somewhatchilly.
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I have spent many uncomfortable andchillyhours in the houses of friends.
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We all know that there is achillywind blowing through some of the world's trade channels just now.
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There are great gusts of cold air blowing in and it is excessivelychilly.
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The atmosphere was ratherchillyand antagonistic, and there was a universal note of criticism and apprehension running through the speeches.
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Is not the nation indebted to postmen, policemen, roadmen, dustmen and so on, for the work they have put in during this ratherchillyweather?
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I hope that this matter will go through quickly and speedily and will not be allowed to drag on through thechillywinter.
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I formed the impression that his reply was ratherchilly.
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I fervently hope that he is wrong about the weather, but in economics we face achillywinter, despite all the great developments which have taken place.
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I wonder if the social security budget and social security staff are best employed making adjustment for exceptionally rainy summers, exceptionallychillysprings, exceptionally misty autumns, and so on.
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