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I Adj.1. Temperatur: icy cold, ice-cold, freezing; eiskalte Getränke ice-cold drinks2. fig. Blick etc.: icy, frosty; Vernunft: cold; Mensch: cold (as ice)II Adv.1. als Gefühl: dabei überlief es mich eiskalt it sent shivers down my spine2. umg., (berechnened, rücksichtlos): etw. eiskalt tun do s.th. without turning a hair; jemanden eiskalt umbringen kill s.o. in cold blood; eiskalt kalkulieren calculate cold-bloodedly; sie haben eiskalt 800 Mitarbeiter entlassen they dismissed (Am. laid off) 800 workers just like that (oder without a qualm)* * *frozen; ice-cold* * *eis|kạlt1. adj1) icy-cold2)See:= eisig3) (fig) (= abweisend) icy, cold, frosty; (= kalt und berechnend) cold-blooded, cold and calculating; (= dreist) cool2. adv1)
(= kalt)
es durchzuckte mich éískalt — an icy shiver ran through me2)See:= eisig3) (= kalt und berechnend) cold-bloodedsie hat auf seine Drohung éískalt reagiert — her reaction to his threat was ice cool
4) (inf = glattweg) simply, just like thatdem sag ich éískalt die Meinung — I'll just tell him exactly what I think
davor habe ich keine Angst, das mache ich éískalt — I'm not afraid of that, I can do it without turning a hair (Brit) or without batting an eyelash (US)
* * *1) (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) stone-cold2) (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) stone-dead3) (completely cold, dead, or deaf: He's almost stone-deaf; Your soup is stone-cold. He was stone-dead.) stone-deaf* * *eis·kalt[ˈaiskalt]I. adj1. (bitterkalt) ice-colddu hast ja \eiskalte Füße your feet are ice-cold [or fam like blocks of ice2. (kalt und berechnend) cold and calculating, cold-bloodeddieser \eiskalte Mörder this cold-blooded murderer3. (dreist) cooleine \eiskalte Abfuhr bekommen to be snubbed [or rebuffed] by sbII. adv (kalt und berechnend) coollyjdn \eiskalt anblicken to look coolly at sbsie macht das \eiskalt she does it without turning a hair* * *1.Adjektiv1) ice-cold <drink>; freezing cold <weather>2) (fig.) icy; ice-cold <technocrat, businessman>2.ein eiskalter Blick — a cold look
adverbial (fig.)1)es lief mir eiskalt über den Rücken — a cold shiver went down my spine
2)etwas eiskalt tun — (kaltblütig) do something in cold blood; (lässig) do something without turning a hair
* * *eiskaltA. adj1. Temperatur: icy cold, ice-cold, freezing;eiskalte Getränke ice-cold drinksB. adv1. als Gefühl:dabei überlief es mich eiskalt it sent shivers down my spine2. umg, (berechnened, rücksichtlos):etwas eiskalt tun do sth without turning a hair;jemanden eiskalt umbringen kill sb in cold blood;eiskalt kalkulieren calculate cold-bloodedly;sie haben eiskalt 800 Mitarbeiter entlassen they dismissed (US laid off) 800 workers just like that (oder without a qualm)* * *1.Adjektiv1) ice-cold <drink>; freezing cold <weather>2) (fig.) icy; ice-cold <technocrat, businessman>2.ein eiskalter Blick — a cold look
adverbial (fig.)1)es lief mir eiskalt über den Rücken — a cold shiver went down my spine
2)etwas eiskalt tun — (kaltblütig) do something in cold blood; (lässig) do something without turning a hair
* * *adj.ice cold adj.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.