cold

冷たい、寒い

温度が低い、または暖かさが足りず寒いと感じる。

やさしい英語で： Having a low temperature, or feeling that you need more warmth.

• The water is cold.
• My hands were cold after the walk.
• Is it colder outside today?

類義語： chilly

反対語： hot, warm

よく使う表現： cold water, cold weather, feel cold

冷淡な、よそよそしい

人に対して、優しさや親しみ、関心をあまり示さない。

やさしい英語で： Showing little kindness, warmth, or interest in other people.

• His reply was cold.
• She gave me a cold smile.
• Why are you so cold to him?

使い方： cold to someone (She was cold to her new neighbour.)

類義語： unfriendly, distant

反対語： friendly, warm

よく使う表現： cold reply, cold welcome, cold to someone

及び腰の、不安な

「cold feet」で、計画の実行が怖くなり、やめたくなることを表す。

やさしい英語で： In “cold feet,” feeling nervous about a plan and wanting to avoid carrying it out.

• I got cold feet before the interview.
• She has cold feet about moving abroad.
• Did he get cold feet and cancel the wedding?

使い方： get cold feet about something (He got cold feet about buying the house.)

よく使う表現： get cold feet, have cold feet

冷淡な、よそよそしい

「cold shoulder」で、わざと人と話さず、親しみを示さないこと。

やさしい英語で： In “cold shoulder,” a deliberate refusal to speak to someone or show them friendliness.

• She gave me the cold shoulder.
• He got the cold shoulder from his old friends.
• Why are you giving Sam the cold shoulder?

使い方： give someone the cold shoulder (My colleagues gave me the cold shoulder.)

よく使う表現： the cold shoulder, give the cold shoulder

意識不明の、熟睡した

「out cold」で、完全に意識を失っている、または深く眠っていること。

やさしい英語で： In “out cold,” completely unconscious or deeply asleep.

• He was out cold on the sofa.
• The punch knocked her out cold.
• After the long journey, we were all out cold.

使い方： be out cold (After the fall, he was out cold.)

類義語： unconscious

反対語： conscious

よく使う表現： out cold, knock someone out cold

突然、ぴたりと

「stop cold」で、突然ぴたりと止まり、それ以上続けないこと。

やさしい英語で： In “stop cold,” suddenly and completely, without continuing any further.

• The loud crash stopped me cold.
• Her question stopped him cold in the doorway.
• The engine stopped cold halfway up the hill.

よく使う表現： stop cold, halt cold

風邪

鼻水が出て、喉の痛みやせきも起こることがある、よくある軽い病気。

やさしい英語で： A common mild illness that makes your nose run and may cause a sore throat or cough.

• I have a cold.
• She caught a cold at school.
• His cold lasted nearly a week.

よく使う表現： catch a cold, have a cold, bad cold

寒さ、冷気

暖かい服が必要になるほどの低い気温や寒い天候。

やさしい英語で： Low temperatures or weather that makes you need warm clothes.

• Come inside, out of the cold.
• These gloves protect your hands from the cold.
• The plants died in the extreme cold.

類義語： chill

反対語： heat

よく使う表現： in the cold, out of the cold, extreme cold