English Dictionary

cold

/kəʊld/

adj

(of a thing) Having a low temperature. / (of the weather) Causing the air to be cold. / (of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

The weather is cold today.

意味（1）

(of a thing) Having a low temperature.

A cold wind whistled through the trees.

意味（2）

(of the weather) Causing the air to be cold.

The forecast is that it will be very cold today.

意味（3）

(of a person or animal) Feeling the sensation of coldness, especially to the point of discomfort.

She was so cold she was shivering.

意味（4）

Unfriendly; emotionally distant or unfeeling.

She shot me a cold glance before turning her back.

意味（5）

Dispassionate; not prejudiced or partisan; impartial.

Let's look at this tomorrow with a cold head.

意味（6）

Completely unprepared; without introduction.

He was assigned cold calls for the first three months.

意味（7）

Unconscious or deeply asleep; deprived of the metaphorical heat associated with life or consciousness.

I knocked him out cold.

意味（8）

(usually with "have" or "know" transitively) Perfectly, exactly, completely; by heart; down pat.

Practice your music scales until you know them cold.

意味（9）

(usually with "have" transitively) Cornered; done for.

With that receipt, we have them cold for fraud.

意味（10）

(obsolete) Not pungent or acrid.

cold plants

意味（11）

(obsolete) Unexciting; dull; uninteresting.

What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in!

意味（12）

Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) only feebly; having lost its odour.

a cold scent

意味（13）

(obsolete) Not sensitive; not acute.

Smell this business with a sense as cold / As is a dead man's nose.

意味（14）

Distant; said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed. Compare warm and hot.

You're cold … getting warmer … hot! You've found it!

意味（15）

(painting) Having a bluish effect; not warm in colour.

意味（16）

(databases) Rarely used or accessed, and thus able to be relegated to slower storage.

意味（17）

(informal) Without compassion; heartless; ruthless.

I can't believe she said that...that was cold!

意味（18）

(informal) Not radioactive.

That's right, Jackson said. The Old Man will be pleased to welcome you. There was eagerness in his reedy voice. What do you say? We'll take care of you. Feed you, bring you cold plants and animals. For a week maybe?

意味（19）

(firearms) Not loaded with a round of live ammunition.

意味（20）

Without electrical power being supplied.

Therefore, to avoid unnecessary delay in the trouble-shooting procedure, it is good practice to make a resistance check on a cold circuit (before applying power), to determine whether resistance values are normal.