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CHILL

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Traducere în limba română

chill I. adjectiv

1. rece, răcoros, friguros; tăios; umed.

2. (fig.) rece, tăios, plin de răceală.

3. (tehn.) călit.

chill II. substantiv

1. frig;

to take the chill off a încălzi.

2. răceală; frig; fiori reci; tremur, tremurat; dârdâială;

(med.) chills and fever malarie;

to catch a chill a răci;

a chill came creeping over me mă străbătură, mă cuprinseră fiori reci.

3. (fig.) răceală; atitudine rece / glacială;

to cast a chill over a răspândi o atmosferă îngheţată / de răceală / în / asupra; a îngheţa.

4. (tehn.) călire.

5. (tehn.) lingotieră.

chill III. verb A. tranzitiv

1. (şi to chill down / up) a răci, a lăsa să se răcească; a înfrigura;

he was chilled to the bone îi intrase frigul în oase, îi pătrunsese frigul până la oase, era rebegit de frig;

it is cold enough to chill the blood in one’s veins e frig de-ţi îngheaţă sângele în vine.

2. (fig.) a demoraliza; a paraliza; a înfiora.

3. (tehn.) a căli; a turna în lingotieră.

4. (fam. reg.) a dezmorţi, a încălzi (puţin).

chill III. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a se răci; a îngheţa.

2. a-i fi frig; a rebegi, a îngheţa.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

Martin sat up. He took her hand in his. He did it deliberately, with warmth but without passion; and such warmth chilled her.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

I don’t know what there was about that face, Mr. Holmes, but it seemed to send a chill right down my back.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could see at a glance that she was sick with fear, and the sight sent a chill to my own heart.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Toss out the fire,” said the captain; “the chill is past, and we mustn't have smoke in our eyes.”

(Treasure Island, de Robert Louis Stevenson)

“The night air strikes chill,” said the lady, and turned down the road with her hand upon her lord's arm.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A question about whether an individual has or had chills.

(Have Chills, NCI Thesaurus)

Malaria symptoms include chills, flu-like symptoms, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and jaundice.

(Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Signs and symptoms include paroxysmal high fever, sweating, chills, and anemia.

(Malaria, NCI Thesaurus)

There is a chill in the air after dark, and we had all drawn close to the blaze.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I heard this, I was beginning to feel a strange chill and failing at the heart.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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