每日一詞 58 chill：寒冷/掃興

今天學(xué)的詞是chill。大Chill就是寒冷、冷淡或掃興。Chill這個詞經(jīng)常被用來形容天氣。如冷颼颼的夜晚，a chill night。但是，chill也可以用在其他個方面。北韓進(jìn)行地下核試驗(yàn)后，報(bào)紙的標(biāo)題說："North-South Relations Suffer a Sudden Chill." 南北韓的關(guān)系突然冷卻。

Chill也可以用在日常生活。兩個鄰居因?yàn)槌臣芏P(guān)系冷淡, "There was a chill between the twofeuding neighbors." 一個工程師的項(xiàng)目失敗降低了他被提升的前景, "The failed project chilled the engineer's chances for a promotion." 裁減工資的消息大大降低了工人的熱情, "The news of reducing pay chilled the workers' enthusiasm." 今天學(xué)的詞是chill...