天气有多冷？
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天气有多冷？
1. cold weather 寒冷的天气
cold
寒冷的
This is the coldest winter we've had in years.
这是几年来最冷的一个冬天。
Put your gloves on — it's cold outside today.
戴好手套——今天外边冷。
the cold
cold weather — use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside 寒冷的天气〔用于指户外的寒冷〕
Come in. Don't stand out there in the cold.
进来，不要站在外面，外面冷。
chilly
cold, but not extremely cold
冷的〔但不是极冷〕，微寒的
a chilly morning in April
4月的一个寒冷的早晨
It's a little chilly out here — I think we'll go inside.
外面有点冷——我想我们会进屋去。
nippy
[informal] a little cold
【非正式】有些冷的，冷丝丝的
The weather's getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy.
天气越来越暖和，但早晨还有点冷。
I'm going indoors. It's a little nippy out there.
我要进屋了，外面冷丝丝的。
frosty
very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear
霜冻的，严寒的，冰天冻地的
They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air.
空气凛冽，他们都有点哆嗦。
It was a frosty autumn morning with spiders' webs glistening in the frozen grass.
这是秋天一个严寒的早晨，蜘蛛网在结霜的草上一闪一亮。
wintry
cold with snow or rain and typical of the weather you often have in winter
寒冬的
We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills.
我们预料北方的山区会下几场冬雨。
Outside it was a cold wintry day, but Anne felt safe and warm inside by the fire.
屋外一片寒冬景象，但安妮坐在火炉旁感到安全和温暖。
cold spell
a period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual
寒冷期
The price of firewood usually shoots up during cold spells.
寒冷期木柴价格往往会猛涨。
cold snap
a sudden short period of very cold weather
短期的严寒天气；寒汛期，冷汛期
It was wintry day in April in the middle of an unexpected cold snap.
这是4月里寒冷的一天，突如其来的寒汛期还没有过去。
2. extremely cold weather
天气极其寒冷
freezing/freezing cold
extremely cold, so that water turns to ice
极其寒冷的，天寒地冻的
The freezing weather continued all through February.
寒冷的天气持续了整个2月。
How can you stand to be out here without a coat? It's freezing!
你怎么能不穿外套就出去？天冷极了！
bitterly cold/bitter
extremely cold so that it almost hurts you to be outdoors
极冷的，冷得刺骨的
We arrived in Chicago during the bitterly cold winter of 1935.
1935年的严冬，我们来到了芝加哥。
a bitter east wind
刺骨的东风
arctic
[only before noun] extremely cold, usually with ice and snow
【仅用于名词前】极地（般）的
I wouldn't take the car out in these arctic conditions.
天气这么冷，我不会驾车外出。
He could feel the arctic chill creeping into the cabin.
感觉到凛冽的寒气钻进小木屋里。
subzero temperatures
[in plural] temperatures that are very cold and below the point at which water freezes
零下气温
Subzero temperatures can be expected for the next few days.
未来的几天内，气温将降至零下。
Thousands of refugees are spending tonight on a mountainside in subzero temperatures.
今晚，数以千计的难民在气温低于零度的山腰上过夜。
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