chill

名词 chill:

1. coldness due to a cold environment
   同义词：iciness, gelidity
2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   同义词：frisson, shiver, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
3. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
   同义词：shivering
4. a sudden numbing dread
   同义词：pall

动词 chill:

1. depress or discourage
2. make cool or cooler
   同义词：cool, cool down
3. loose heat
   同义词：cool, cool down

形容词 chill:

1. uncomfortably cool
   同义词：chilly

1. Come by the fire you must be chilled to the marrow!
   到火旁边来吧－－你一定冻坏了。
2. The raw weather chilled our enthusiasm for a swim.
   天气阴冷，我们游泳的兴致大减。
3. The night air chilled his bones.
   夜间的寒气使他感到冰冷彻骨。
4. There was a chill in the air this morning.
   今天早上有点冷冰冰的。
5. The sight sent a chill to her heart.
   这情景使她心寒。

chill

n.（名词）
A moderate but penetrating coldness.
寒气：温和但有穿透力的寒冷
A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
冷：常伴有打寒战和脸色苍白的寒冷的感觉
A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy:
沮丧：热情、精神或快乐的抵制或降低：
例句：
bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
使庆祝活动变得扫兴的坏消息

A sudden numbing fear or dread.
恐惧：一种突然的、使人失去知觉的害怕或恐惧
adj.（形容词）
Moderately cold; chilly:
偏冷的；寒飕飕的：
例句：
a chill wind.
冷飕飕的风

Not warm and friendly; distant:
不热情的，不友好的；疏远的：
例句：
a chill greeting.
冷淡的问候

Discouraging; dispiriting:
令人沮丧的；扫兴的：
例句：
.Chill penury repressed their noble rage.(Thomas Gray)
.令人沮丧的贫穷迫使他们克制自己全然有理的愤怒.(托马斯·格雷)

v.（动词）
chilled,chill.ing,chills
v.tr.（及物动词）
To affect with or as if with cold.
患感冒，遭受风寒
To lower in temperature; cool.
降低…的温度；使冷却
To make discouraged; dispirit.
使…泄气；使…扫兴
Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
【冶金学】 冷铸，冷淬：通过急冷处理使（金属表面）变硬
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To be seized with cold.
感到寒冷
To become cold or set:
变冷或凝固：
例句：
jelly that chills quickly.
迅速凝结的嗜喱

Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling.
【冶金学】 通过急冷处理变硬

来源：
Middle English chile
中古英语 chile
from Old English cele * see gel-
源自 古英语 cele *参见 gel-

【引伸】
chill.ingly
adv.（副词）
chill.ness
n.（名词）