chilling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something is chilled.
    — To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of chill form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Becoming cold.
    — As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
  2. Causing cold.
  3. Causing mild fear.
    — It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.

词形变化

more chilling comparative most chilling superlative chillings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
blast chilling chilling effect chillingly chillingness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English chilling, chillyng, chyllynge, equivalent to chill + -ing.
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