cold-blooded
/ˌkəʊld ˈblʌdɪd/adjective
उच्चारण कोल्ड ब्लडिड
असमतापी, ठंडे खून वाला (जीव)
Core word
- 1
(of animals) having a body temperature that changes with the temperature of the surroundings
असमतापी, ठंडे खून वाला (जीव)
- Snakes and lizards are cold-blooded animals.
- Frogs and crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures that bask in the sun.
- Because reptiles are cold-blooded, they warm themselves on rocks.
+ 2 more examples
- Fish are cold-blooded, unlike birds and mammals.
- Cold-blooded animals become slow in winter.
Opposite warm-blooded
- 2
disapproving
(of people and their actions) showing no feelings or pity for other people
निर्दयी, क्रूर, बेरहम
- a cold-blooded murder
- The killer was described as cold-blooded and calculating.
- The court condemned the cold-blooded attack on the shopkeeper.
+ 2 more examples
- The villain in the film is a cold-blooded killer.
- It was a cold-blooded plan to cheat the elderly couple.
Synonyms ruthless heartless merciless callous pitiless
Opposite compassionate kind merciful humane
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cold-blooded (adjective): animals
Cold-blooded animals, such as fish, snakes and frogs, have a body temperature that changes with the air or water around them.
Cold-blooded प्राणियों, जैसे मछली, साँप और मेंढक, का शरीर का तापमान आसपास की हवा या पानी के साथ बदलता है।
- Snakes are cold-blooded and lie in the sun to warm up.
- Reptiles are cold-blooded animals.
cold-blooded (adjective): cruel people and acts
Used of people and actions that show no feeling or pity, especially in a crime.
भावनाहीन और दयाहीन व्यक्तियों और कार्यों के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है, विशेषतः अपराध में।
- It was a cold-blooded murder.
- He is a cold-blooded killer.
in cold blood (adverbial phrase)
In cold blood means deliberately and without emotion. It is written as three words.
'In cold blood' का अर्थ जानबूझकर और बिना भावना के है। इसे तीन शब्दों में लिखा जाता है।
- The guard was killed in cold blood.
cold-blooded vs. warm-blooded (contrast)
Warm-blooded animals, such as birds and mammals, keep a steady body temperature. Biology answers often contrast the two.
Warm-blooded प्राणी, जैसे पक्षी और स्तनधारी, शरीर का तापमान स्थिर रखते हैं। जीव विज्ञान के उत्तरों में दोनों की तुलना की जाती है।
- Frogs are cold-blooded, but humans are warm-blooded.
cold-blooded vs. ectothermic
Cold-blooded is the everyday word; ectothermic is the scientific term, used in higher biology.
'Cold-blooded' आम शब्द है; 'ectothermic' वैज्ञानिक शब्द है, जो उच्च जीव विज्ञान में आता है।
- Textbooks call cold-blooded animals ectothermic.
+Collocations 4
cold-blooded + noun
animalkillermurdercrimereptileact
- The court called it a cold-blooded crime.
adverb + cold-blooded
utterlycompletelytrulycoldly andruthlessly
- The attack was utterly cold-blooded.
in cold blood
kill in cold bloodmurder in cold bloodshoot in cold bloodact in cold blood
- He shot the man in cold blood.
biology phrases
cold-blooded reptilescold-blooded fishcold-blooded frogscold-blooded vertebrates
- Fish are cold-blooded vertebrates.
“More examples 6
- The judge called the crime cold-blooded and gave a harsh sentence.
न्यायाधीश ने अपराध को क्रूर बताया और कठोर सज़ा दी।
- Lizards become sluggish in winter because they are cold-blooded.
छिपकलियाँ सर्दियों में सुस्त हो जाती हैं क्योंकि वे cold-blooded हैं।
- Radhika could not believe that anyone could be so cold-blooded.
राधिका को विश्वास नहीं हुआ कि कोई इतना निर्दयी हो सकता है।
- The film showed a cold-blooded robber planning the heist.
फ़िल्म में एक निर्दयी लुटेरे को डकैती की योजना बनाते दिखाया गया।
- Cold-blooded animals need less food than warm-blooded animals.
Cold-blooded प्राणियों को warm-blooded प्राणियों से कम भोजन चाहिए।
- Because they are cold-blooded, crocodiles bask on the river bank in the morning.
Cold-blooded होने के कारण मगरमच्छ सुबह नदी के किनारे धूप सेंकते हैं।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ He killed the guard on cold blood.
✓ He killed the guard in cold blood.
The fixed phrase is in cold blood.
निश्चित पदबंध 'in cold blood' है।
◇Word family
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Fish, amphibians and reptiles are cold-blooded, while birds and mammals are warm-blooded.
मछलियाँ, उभयचर और सरीसृप cold-blooded होते हैं, जबकि पक्षी और स्तनधारी warm-blooded होते हैं।