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Frosty I Describe Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Morning Covered Frost

英语单词 frosty
英美音标 英 ['frɒsti] 美 ['frɔːsti]
中文释义 adj.霜冻的;严寒的;冷若冰霜的;灰白色的
英语例句 (1) The fields look frosty this morning.
(2) Frosty windows make great surfaces for children to draw on.
(3) I hung out the washing to dry on a frosty day and when I went to take it in it was as stiff as a board.
(4) I rushed out to the frosty cold.
(5) It's sunny, but the air is frosty.
(6) The banker's voice became frosty.
(7) The atmosphere in the room was decidedly frosty .
(8) The latest proposals were given a frosty reception.
(9) Cocks were crowing on another clear and frosty morning.
中文例句 (1) 今晨的田野看起来有霜冻。
(2) 有霜的窗户是孩子们画画的好地方。
(3) 在一个霜冻的日子里,我把洗涤物挂到外面晒干,但当我去把它拿进来时,它已硬绷绷了。
(4) 我不顾寒霜
(5) 虽然是晴天
(6) 银行家的声音变得冷冰冰的。
(7) 房间里的气氛明显很冷。
(8) 对最新的建议反应冷淡。
(9) 鸡在叫,又是一个冻白的早晨。
vocabulary简明 Something that's frosty is covered with pale, icy frost. If you live in Vermont, your car windshield is probably frosty most winter mornings.
vocabulary扩展 You can describe the weather as frosty when there's a sharp chill in the air, or you can use the word more literally, to mean "covered in frost," like your frosty front lawn. When a person is frosty, however, she's emotionally cold — haughty, aloof, or even unfriendly. Frosty comes from the Old English fyrstig, "as cold as frost."
柯林斯解释
1
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]霜冻的;严寒的 If the weather is frosty, the temperature is below freezing.
  • ...sharp, frosty nights.

    寒冷刺骨的夜晚

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]结霜的;被霜覆盖的 You describe the ground or an object as frosty when it is covered with frost.
  • 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。

3
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]冷淡的;冷若冰霜的 If you describe someone's behaviour as frosty, you think it is unfriendly.
  • 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。

  • The relationship has obviously become frosty.

    很明显关系已经变冷了。

frostily
  • The Prime Minister smiled again, this time a trifle frostily.

    首相又笑了笑,这回有点儿冷冰冰的。

frostiness
  • There was a certain frostiness in his smile.

    他的笑容带着些许冷漠。

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