frosty
英 ['frɒstɪ]
美['frɔsti]
- adj. 结霜的，严寒的；冷淡的；灰白的
词态变化
比较级: frostier;最高级: frostiest;副词: frostily;
英英释意
- 1. devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain;
- "a frigid greeting"
- "got a frosty reception"
- "a frozen look on their faces"
- "a glacial handshake"
- "icy stare"
- "wintry smile"
- 2. covered with frost;
- "a frosty glass"
- "hedgerows were rimed and stiff with frost"-Wm.Faulkner
- 3. pleasantly cold and invigorating;
- "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"
- "a nipping wind"
- "a nippy fall day"
- "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)
英文词源
- frosty (adj.)
- Old English forstig, fyrstig "as cold as frost;" see frost (n.) + -y (2). Figurative use from late 14c. Related: Frostily; frostiness. Similar formation in Dutch vorstig, German frostig.
同义词辨析
cold, cool, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy
这些形容词均含"冷，凉"之意。
cold： 最普通用词，强调缺乏温暖，使人不舒服。
cool： 指既不太热也不太冷。
chilly： 指使哆嗦的冷。
frosty： 指雾气在寒冷物体的表面凝结成薄冰时的严寒结霜的温度。
freezing： 指使人僵直，使东西凝固的冷。
icy： 多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。
考试真题
- Look to many of history's cultural symbols, and there you'll find an ancestor of frosty, the snowman in the movie frozen.
2015年高考英语上海卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
实用场景例句
- a frosty morning
- 严寒的早晨
牛津词典
- He breathed in the frosty air.
- 他吸进冰冷的空气。
牛津词典
- frosty fields
- 结霜的田地
牛津词典
- a frosty look/reply
- 冷冰冰的样子；冷淡的答复
牛津词典
- The latest proposals were given a frosty reception.
- 对最新的建议反应冷淡。
牛津词典
- ‘No, thank you, ’ she said frostily.
- “不，谢谢你。”她冷冰冰地说。
牛津词典
- The relationship has obviously become frosty.
- 很明显关系已经变冷了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The president may get a frosty reception in New Hampshire...
- 总统在新罕布什尔州可能会受到冷遇。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The street was deserted except for a cat lifting its paws off the frosty stones.
- 街上空无一人，只有一只猫在结霜的石砖上拾爪而行。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...sharp, frosty nights.
- 寒冷刺骨的夜晚
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The air was frosty.
- 空气凛冽.
《简明英汉词典》
- Here we go round the mulberry bush on a cold and frosty morning.
- 在一个寒冷,下霜的早晨,我们围着桑树走.
期刊摘选
- This is the way we comb our hair on a cold and frosty morning.
- 在一个寒冷,下霜的早晨,我们就是这样梳梳头.
期刊摘选
- We must n't forget to put out food for out feathered friends in frosty weather.
- 我们一定别忘了在霜冻天把食物放出去喂鸟.
期刊摘选
- It looked as if the city might be in for a frosty spell.
- 看样子这座城市可能会有一段下霜的日子.
期刊摘选
- The fields are steaming in the frosty air.
- 在雾茫茫的空气里,大地在散发着水蒸汽.
辞典例句
- The fields look frosty this morning.
- 今晨的田野看起来有霜冻.
期刊摘选
- At last he began his inaugural address, his voice ringing out in the frosty air.
- 最后他开始发表就职演说, 他的声音在寒冷的空气中回荡.
辞典例句
- It's sunny, but the air is frosty.
- 虽然是晴天, 但空气很冷.
期刊摘选
- The heat of the lights made an unfresh smell in the frosty air.
- 泛光灯散发出来的热给寒冷的空气带来了不清新的气味.
期刊摘选
- Crystallizing water forms repeating patterns in snowflakes and on frosty surfaces.
- 雪花和结霜表面的冰晶会形成重复图案.
期刊摘选
- It might be frosty tomorrow.
- 明天可能有霜冻.
期刊摘选
- Their breath bloomed the frosty pane.
- 他们呼出的水气,在冰冷的窗玻璃上形成一层雾.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The banker's voice became frosty.
- 银行家的声音变得冷冰冰的.
辞典例句
- The air had a frosty bite.
- 寒气袭人.
《简明英汉词典》
- Byron jumped to his feet and brought his father a tall frosty glass of beer.
- 拜伦赶紧跳起身,给他父亲端来一大杯冰镇啤酒.
辞典例句
- Give sB a rude [ frosty ] stare.
- 无礼地 [ 冷若冰霜地 ] 瞪某人一眼.
期刊摘选
- Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and Frosty the Snowman.
- 《红鼻子驯鹿鲁道夫》和《结霜的雪人》.
期刊摘选