Language Activator – cold

اغلب دیکشنری ها لغاتی را مترادف یک لغت معرفی میکنند. اما آیا تمامی مترادفهای یک لغت صد در صد معنای همان لغت را القا میکنند؟ مسلماً خیر. در این بخش از آفرینش اکتیوتر لغات هم معنی و یا نزدیک به لغت cold را بررسی خواهیم کرد.

:Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

cold / chilly / the cold / nippy / frosty / wintry / cold spell

.N1. Last month’s …………………… was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of old people

.N2. We can expect a few …………………… showers on the northern hills

.N3. They were both shivering slightly from the ……………………… air

. ……………… N4. The weather’s getting warmer, but the mornings are still

.N5. It’s a little ……………… out here – I think we’ll go inside

. ……………… N6. Come in. Don’t stand out there in

.N7. a …………………… January evening

:Answers

N1. cold spell N2. wintry N3. frosty N4. nippy N5. chilly N6. the cold N7. cold

:Cold

.This is the coldest winter we’ve had in years

a cold January evening

:The cold (uncountable noun)

cold weather – use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside

.Come in. Don’t stand out there in the cold

:Chilly (adjective)

cold, but not extremely cold

.It’s a little chilly out here – I think we’ll go inside

:Nippy (adjective)

informal a little cold

.The weather’s getting warmer, but the mornings are still nippy

:Frosty (adjective)

very cold, when everything is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often bright and clear

.They were both shivering slightly from the frosty air

:Wintry (adjective)

cold with snow or rain, and typical of the weather you often have in winter

.We can expect a few wintry showers on the northern hills

:Cold spell (countable noun)

a period of several days or weeks when the weather is much colder than usual

.Last month’s cold spell was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of old people