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Gelid means very, very cold — icy, almost freezing. A writer might give you gelid water, a gelid wind, or a gelid stare (a look that feels as cold as ice). It is a literary, rather old-fashioned word, first taken into English in the 1600s. Ordinary people almost never say it in a shop or on the bus; they say freezing, icy, or cold. When you do see it, it is usually in books, and it is a bit dramatic on purpose.
極冷的、冰寒的（書面、文學用語；口語會說冰冷、冷死了）
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
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gelidadj/ˈd͡ʒɛl.ɪd/
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literaryVery cold; icy or frosty; frigid.
- Of Cassandra-Marat we have spoken often; yet the most surprising truth remains to be spoken: that he actually does not want sense; but, with croaking gelid throat, croaks out masses of the truth, on several things.
- Above the gelid source of mountain springs, A solitary eagle, circling, flies.
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。