(adj.) not characterized by emotion; 'a female form in marble--a chilly but ideal medium for depicting abstract virtues'-C.W.Cunningham .
(adj.) lacking warmth of feeling; 'a chilly greeting' .
(adj.) appreciably or disagreeably cold .
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双语例句
The doors of Skuytercliff were rarely and grudgingly opened to visitors, and a chilly week-end was the most ever offered to the few thus privileged. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
The evening was chilly; the spot was dark and lonely. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
It 'ud be a wery chilly subject as felt cold wen you stood opposite. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
They continued to correspond, she in the unweighed language of unwavering affection, he in the chilly phraseology of the polished rhetorician. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
The pale moonlight streamed through a shattered fanlight over the door; the air was unwholesome and chilly, like that of a vault. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
It was the first of June; yet the morning was overcast and chilly: rain beat fast on my casement. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
We had plenty of chilly tunnels wherein to check our perspiration, though. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.