cold-blooded是什么意思？

cold-blooded

英[kəʊld 'blʌdɪd] 美[ˈkoldˈblʌdɪd]

• adj. 冷酷的，冷血的，<口>怕冷的，不动感情的；

副词：cold-bloodedly;

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  冷酷的;无情的;冷血的
  Someone who is cold-blooded does not show any pity or emotion.
  例句
  ...a cold-blooded murderer... 冷血的谋杀犯 This was a brutal and cold-blooded killing. 这是一场残忍无情的杀戮。
• ADJ
  (动物)冷血的(如爬行动物)
  Cold-blooded animals have a body temperature that changes according to the surrounding temperature. Reptiles, for example, are cold-blooded.

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  冷血的
  Snakes are cold-blooded. 蛇是冷血动物。
  <口>怕冷的
  The old couple was cold-blooded and kept their house terribly hot. 那对老夫妇很怕冷,所以把房间烧得热得要命。
  冷酷的,无情的
  The cold-blooded murder shocked the town. 残忍的谋杀案使全城的人震惊。
  不动感情的,冷静的
  He gave a cold-blooded account of the accident. 他冷静地叙述了这一事故。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. without compunction or human feeling;
  "in cold blood""cold-blooded killing""insensate destruction"
  2. having cold blood (in animals whose body temperature is not internally regulated)