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be no air:
- It’s very close and humid today.
drought [draut] (n. C/U) - a long period of dry weather when there is not enough
water for plants and animals to live:
- We had a drought last summer. It didn’t rain for six weeks. The earth became
rock-hard and a lot of plants died.
10) COLD
cold (adj.)
- a cold January morning
- This is the coldest winter we’ve had for years.
- There was a very cold winter last year.
it’s cold = the weather is cold
- Put your gloves on, it’s cold outside today.
freezing cold = extremely cold
- It gets freezing cold at night in the mountains.
bitterly cold = extremely cold and unpleasant
- a bitterly cold north wind
- It’s bitterly cold today! I feel like ice in the snow.
the cold (n. singular) - cold weather; use this to emphasize how unpleasant and
uncomfortable it is outside:
- Come in, don’t stand out there in the cold.
- Come in out of the cold.
cool (adj.) - cold in a pleasant way, especially after the weather has been hot:
- a cool sea breeze
it’s cool = the weather is cool
- Although the days are very hot, it’s much cooler at night.
chilly (adj.) - rather cold, in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable:
- It was getting chilly outside, so we went back into the house.
- chilly / chillier / chilliest
frosty (adj.) - very cold, when everything is covered with a thin white layer of
ice, and the sky is often very bright and clear:
- a bright frosty morning
freezing (adj.) - extremely cold, so that rivers, streams etc. turn to ice:
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