区别辨析cold、cool、chilly、frosty、freezing与icy

cold、cool、chilly、frosty、freezing与icy这些形容词均含“冷、凉”之意。

cold : 最普通用词，强调缺乏温暖，使人不舒服。

a cold day/house

冷天／寒冷的房子

cold food/water

冰冷的食物／凉水

cold hands

冰凉的手

cold weather

寒冷的天气

cool : 指气温稍冷，感觉凉爽或凉快。

cool water

凉水

cool weather

冷天

It was a lovely cool evening.

那是个凉爽的夜晚。

chilly : 指使哆嗦的冷。

The bathroom gets chilly in the winter.

冬天浴室变得很冷。

I felt a bit chilly so I put on a jacket.

我觉得有点冷，所以就穿了件夹克衫。

a chilly October day

10月寒气袭人的一天

frosty : 指雾气在寒冷物体的表面凝结成薄冰时的严寒结霜的温度。

The frosty air stung my cheeks.

冰冷的空气刺痛了我的双颊。

It was a cold and frosty morning.

那是个天寒地冻的早晨。

freezing : 指使人僵直，使东西凝固的冷。

It's freezing in here - can I close the window?

这儿冷极了——我把窗户关上可以吗？

They survived for four hours in the freezing water.

他们在冰冷的水中存活了4个小时。

After walking through the snow, my feet were freezing.

走过雪地后，我的双脚都冻僵了。

I had to wait for hours on the freezing cold station platform.

我不得不在寒冷彻骨的站台上等了好几个小时。

icy : 多指风暴、风雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。

He fell into the icy waters of the Moscow river.

他掉入莫斯科河刺骨的水中。

Her skin was icy to the touch.

她的皮肤摸起来冰凉。

She opened the window and I was hit by an icy blast of air.

她打开窗户，一阵刺骨的寒风向我袭来。