gelid

英 ['dʒelɪd] 美['dʒɛlɪd]
  • adj. 冰似的;极寒的;冷漠的

英英释意


1. extremely cold;
"an arctic climate"
"a frigid day"
"gelid waters of the North Atlantic"
"glacial winds"
"icy hands"
"polar weather"

英文词源


gelid (adj.)
"very cold," c. 1600, from Latin gelidus "icy, cold, frosty," from gelum "frost, ice, intense cold" (see cold (adj.)). Related: Gelidity.

实用场景例句


It possessed every outcropping of rock, every curve of dune on a barren and gelid shore.
这里也有凛冽荒凉的海边那种礁岩嶙峋, 沙丘起伏的景色.

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