喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture an early morning when you step outside in a T-shirt and pull your arms in — not freezing, nothing dangerous, just cold enough that you wish you had brought a jacket. Chilly can be thought of as that small unwelcome cold, the kind that makes you want to close a window or hold a warm cup. Because the feeling is mild but unpleasant, English also lends it to people: a chilly welcome is not hostile, it simply has no warmth in it.

可以想成清晨穿著短袖走出門，忍不住把手臂收起來——不到會凍傷，也沒什麼危險，就是冷得讓你後悔沒帶外套。chilly …更多收起可以想成清晨穿著短袖走出門，忍不住把手臂收起來——不到會凍傷，也沒什麼危險，就是冷得讓你後悔沒帶外套。chilly 就像是那種不大、卻讓人不太舒服的冷，會想去關窗、想捧一杯熱的。也因為這種冷是「輕微但不受歡迎」，英文把它借去講人：a chilly welcome 不是有敵意，只是裡面沒有溫度。

Two branches

溫度上的涼

這一組是真的冷：一邊看外面的天氣和空間，一邊看自己身上的感覺，同一種冷從兩個角度講。

a little cold (weather) · adjective · B1

a little cold, in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable — used about weather or places.

有點冷的；陰冷的

人與態度上的冷

把溫度的畫面搬到人身上：對方沒有翻臉，也沒有拒絕，只是該有的熱度不在，讓你站在那裡覺得不太舒服——就跟走進一個沒開暖氣的房間一樣。

unfriendly, cold manner · adjective · B2

not friendly; showing little warmth or welcome toward a person or idea.

冷淡的；不友善的

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

chillyadj詞源 1/ˈt͡ʃɪli/

  • 1

    Cold enough to cause discomfort.

    • […] The Aſparagus grew; but in three or four Years complained, by coming up ſmall; occaſioned by the chilly Effluvia, that proceeded from the Water lodg'd at the bottom of the Pit; […]
    • The Alps, the woods, and marſhes of the vaſt region of Scandinavia (for I will conſider it in the great) give ſhelter to numbers of quadrupeds unknown to Britain. Thoſe who brave the ſeverity of the extreme north of this country are diſtinguiſhed by the addition of the Lapland name. The Elk, Nº 3 of this Work, is found in many parts: the Rein, Godde, Nº 4, is confined to the chillieſt places: […]
  • 2

    Feeling uncomfortably cold.

    • I’m getting rather chilly over here – could you shut the window please?
    • June 18. Rain'd all Day, and I ſtay'd within. I thought at this Time the Rain felt Cold, and I was ſomething chilly, which I knew was not uſual in that Latitude.
  • 3

    Distant and cool; unfriendly.

    • She gave me a chilly look when I made the suggestion.
    • Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。