frigid
frigid 英 [ˈfrɪdʒɪd] 美 [ˈfrɪdʒɪd]
adj. 寒冷的，严寒的；冷淡的
- Like the North Pole on the coldest day of winter, frigid is an adjective that means extremely chilly. It applies to both temperatures and personalities.
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- adj. 寒冷的，严寒的；冷淡的
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1. But what inspires people to go swimming in frigid temperatures?
人们为什么喜欢在寒冷的天气里游泳呢？
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2. I guess he longed for contraband that would enliven those long, lonely nights on the frigid frontier.
我猜想，他渴望弄些禁书，好在这寒冷的边境为那些孤独的漫漫长夜添些活力。
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3. "If you think about free-floating planets, there's no nearby star that can produce heat and energy ... but even in our solar system, there are [externally frigid worlds] that have hot cores," he said.
“如果你琢磨不受约束自由漫游的行星，想到它附近没有能够提供热量和能量的恒星……但即便在我们太阳系，都会有炙热的核心，更不用说那些寒冷的地方。” 他说。
- frigid (adj.) 1620s, "intensely cold," from Latin frigidus "cold, chill, cool," figuratively "indifferent," also "flat, dull, trivial," from stem of frigere "be cold;" related to noun frigus "cold, coldness, frost," from Proto-Italic *srigos-, from PIE root *srig- "cold" (source also of Greek rhigos "cold, frost"). The meaning "wanting in sexual heat" is attested from 1650s, originally of males. Related: Frigidly; frigidness.
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