ˌcold ˈshoulder noun (give somebody/get) the cold shoulder to behave in an unfriendly way towards someone that you know 慢待(某人),冷落(某人);(受到)冷遇(give somebody/get) the cold shoulder• So they have given girlfriends the cold shoulder.• Giving the cold shoulder to his usual tipple, Ian Knight raises his coffee cup to Drinkwise Day.• She was sure that at some point she'd given some one the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing.• A declaration of love, or the cold shoulder. —cold shoulder verb [transitiveT]