Let’s get these wet clothes off you before you catch a chill.
我们来把这些湿衣服脱掉吧,免得你着凉。
b)[countableC usually plural] a feeling of being cold, caused by being ill 着凉
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chill• Her description of the massacre sent a chill through the audience.• There was that sudden, breathtakingchill of cold, clean air as you walked into the dome.• There was a definitechill in his voice when he answered.• But for both of them, in different ways, there was now an enduringchill in their lives.• Symptoms include fever, chills, and increased heart rate.• The sound of his braceletprecedes him and he brings a rush of morning chill in.• A small heater keeps off the night chill.• To his bemusement there was no chill, or else the chill was lost on him.• It complements a banger perfectly and will make you forget the Novemberchill.• The guideslaunched their driftboats at 9 a. m.; by 9: 30 the chill had set in.• And the chill will soon reach the bettingshops too.
chill in the air• I felt a chill in the air all of a sudden.• It was late in the afternoon, shadows, a chill in the air.• There was already a distinctchill in the air, and the rooms over the stables weren't heated.• There was suddenly an intensechill in the air.• The moon is beginning to take the twilight, temperaturedrops alarmingly, there's a real chill in the air.• The chill in the air began to clear her head.• The chill in the air caught me by surprise, a sharpmountain night breeze.• It was summer and despite the uncharacteristicchill in the air, the tourists were swarming the beaches.
catch a chill• Overnight she'd caught a chill which showed every sign of developing into pneumonia.• Anders caught a bucketful of salmon, and I caught a chill in the saltspray.• Perhaps the beach volleyballplayers might catch a chill on the way there.
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT]DFCCOLD if you chill something such as food or drink, or if it chills, it becomes very cold but does not freeze (使)冷却,(使)冷藏
5a glass of chilled white wine
一杯冰镇白葡萄酒
Spoon the mixture into a bowl and chill for two hours.
把混合物舀进碗里,冷藏两小时。
The longer this salad chills, the better the flavour.
这种色拉冷藏时间越长味道越好。
2[intransitiveI] (also chill out) informal to relax completely instead of feeling angry, tired, or nervous 放松,冷静
‘Hold it! Just chill for a second, won’t you!’
“克制一下!冷静一会儿,行不行!”
I spent the afternoon chilling out in front of the TV.
我整个下午都坐在电视机前放松自己。
3[transitiveT]COLD to make someone very cold 使〔某人〕感到很冷
The wind blew across her body, chilling her wet skin.
风吹在她身上,她湿漉漉的皮肤感到非常寒冷。
chilled to the bone/marrow (=extremely cold) 寒气刺骨
Come and sit by the fire – you look chilled to the bone.
来坐在火边,你看起来都快冻僵了。
4[transitiveT] literaryFRIGHTENED to suddenly frighten someone, especially by seeming very cruel or violent 〔尤指因看起来很残忍或暴力而〕使不寒而栗
The anger in his face chilled her.
他脸上的怒气使她感到不寒而栗。
chill somebody to the bone/chill somebody to the marrow/chill somebody’s blood (=frighten someone a lot) 使某人毛骨悚然
He jerked his head round and saw something that chilled his blood.
他猛地转过头去,看到的东西真是让他毛骨悚然。
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chill• Either by design or accident, Joe first boiled the crabs, then chilled and served them to an employee.• Chilled by the winds, people huddled under blankets.• I think the wine should be chilled enough by now.• Wrap the dough in plastic and chill for at least an hour.• Additional time is required for cooking or chillinghomemadedishes.• The look in her eye chilled me.• Shelly, just chill out, okay.• Put some ice in the sink, and we'll chill the drinks in there.• Similar results are obtained on chilling the petiole of leaf 1 to 3°C, except that translocation is inhibited for at least 20 minutes.• Chill the salad for an hour or two before serving.
chilled to the bone/marrow• The thought made him flushhot with embarrassment even though chilled to the marrow.• The targetunit is chilled to the bone, causing limbs to snap and weapons to break.• By that time I was chilled to the bone, exhausted from the relentlessbattering of the traffic, sullen and depressed.• Though chilled to the marrow, Karelius was otherwise not in too bad shape.• Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.