chilly
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++chill·y /ˈtʃɪli/ ●●○ adjective 1 COLDchilly weather or places are cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable 寒冷的，严寒的chilly day/night/evening etc a chilly November morning 十一月里一个寒冷的早晨chilly wind/breeze/air etc 寒冷的风/微风/空气等 Getting chilly, isn’t it? 天冷了，是不是？ The bathroom’s a bit chilly. 浴室里有点冷。► see thesaurus at cold2. if you feel chilly, you feel uncomfortably cold 阴冷的，冷得不舒服的3 UNFRIENDLYunfriendly 冷漠的，不友好的 SYN frosty The speech met with a chilly reception. 这次演讲反应很冷淡。 —chilliness noun [singular, uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
chilly• She had set a match to it during the afternoon, so the room was no longer chilly.• The telegram came on a gray, chilly April day.• Despite the chilly autumn afternoon, she was wearing a thin cotton dress.• They have to get washed and dressed in a chilly bathroom.• His blue eyes had a chilly glint.• It's chilly in the house, even when it's sunny outside.• After a while, he let his head sink on his arms, deep among the chilly, metal-chased velvets.• a chilly morning in April• Those who remained were chilly, nervous, and unsure of what the police would do.• A fire was needed against the chilly New England evenings.• It's a little chilly out here - I think we'll go inside.• It was getting chilly outside, so we went back into the house.• And something else: something chilly, something that warned.• It was chilly the next night, and the night after that.• I arrived at Victoria Station in early November in misty chilly weather of early night.• Temperatures were in the 80s on Tuesday, but it turned chilly Wednesday afternoon.• On the chilly winter afternoon when I was at Casa Dono di Maria, the doorbell rang.chilly day/night/evening etc• Blue magnesium flares went spiralling up into the chilly night.• Hot pasties and hot drinks are served below deck at the bar, a comfort on chilly days.• It was a clear but rather chilly night.• The camp offers almost no protection against the scorching sun and chilly nights.• Residents stood shivering in the chilly night air as Red Cross officials scrambled to find them lodging after they fled their homes.• For all I know there may have been cool showers, unusual chilly nights and days.• One chilly evening at a crossroads gas station I offered a ride to a young woman who had missed her bus.• It was a foggy, chilly day, without sunshine so the sea was murky and opaque.chilly reception• Academics whose research found ill effects of divorce on kids faced chilly receptions.chill·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
places enough weather are or cold Corpus to chilly
chilly
chill‧y /ˈtʃɪli/
adjective
1. chilly weather or places are cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable
chilly day/night/evening etc
a chilly November morning
chilly wind/breeze/air etc
Getting chilly, isn’t it?
The bathroom’s a bit chilly.
2. if you feel chilly, you feel uncomfortably cold
3. unfriendly
SYN frosty:
The speech met with a chilly reception.
—chilliness noun [singular, uncountable]
■ weather
▪cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable: It gets very cold here in the winter.
▪cool a little cold, often in a way that feels comfortable: It’s very hot in the day, but cooler at night. | a nice cool breeze
▪chilly a little cold, but not very cold, in a way that feels rather uncomfortable: a chilly autumn day | It’s a bit chilly.
▪freezing (cold) spoken very cold and very uncomfortable: It’s freezing outside.
▪bitterly cold very cold and very uncomfortable: It can be bitterly cold in the mountains.
▪icy (cold) very cold, especially when the temperature is below zero: The wind was icy cold.
▪crisp cold, dry, and clear, in a way that seems pleasant: I love these crisp autumn mornings.
▪frosty in frosty weather, the ground is covered in a frozen white powder: It was a bright frosty morning.
▪arctic extremely cold and unpleasant, with snow and ice: He would not survive for long in the arctic conditions. | arctic weather
chill‧y /ˈtʃɪli/
adjective1. chilly weather or places are cold enough to make you feel uncomfortable
chilly day/night/evening etc
chilly wind/breeze/air etc
2. if you feel chilly, you feel uncomfortably cold
3. unfriendly
SYN frosty:
—chilliness noun [singular, uncountable]
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cold having a temperature that is lower than usual or lower than the human body; (of food or drink) not heated; cooled after being cooked 指寒冷的、冷的，（食物、饮料）凉的、冷的 ：◆ I'm cold. Turn the heating up. 我觉得冷，把暖气温度调高一点。 ◆ Outside it was bitterly cold. 外面非常寒冷。 ◆ a cold wind 寒风 ◆ hot and cold water 热水和凉水 ◆ It's cold chicken for lunch. 午餐有鸡肉冷盘。 cool ( fairly cold, especially in a pleasant wayoften
指凉爽的、凉快的 ：◆ a long cool drink 一大口冷饮 ◆ We found a cool place to sit. 我们找了一个凉快的地方坐下来。 freezing extremely cold; having a temperature below 0° Celsius 指极冷的、冰冻的、冰点以下的 ：◆ It's absolutely freezing outside. 外面冷得不得了。 ◆ I'm freezing! 我要冻僵了！ chilly ( too cold to be comfortablerather
指寒冷的、阴冷的 ：◆ Bring a coat. It might turn chilly later. 带件大衣，过一会儿天气可能会变冷。 lukewarm ( slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant wayoften
指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的 ：◆ Her coffee was now lukewarm. 她的咖啡变得微温。 tepid ( slightly warm, sometimes in an unpleasant wayoften
指微温的、不冷不热的、温吞的 ：◆ a jug of tepid water 一壶温水
lukewarm or tepid? 用 lukewarm 还是 tepid？
There is really no difference in meaning or use between these words. 以上两词在含义和用法上无实际区别。
Patterns
to feel/get cold/cool/chillycold/cool/freezing/chilly air/weather a cold/cool/freezing/chilly wind cold/cool/freezing/lukewarm/tepid water a cold/cool/lukewarm/tepid shower/bath cold/lukewarm/tepid tea/coffee/food a cold/cool drink It's cold/chilly/freezing outside.