Cold-blooded - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 cold-blooded From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Biology, Animalscold-bloodedˌcold-ˈblooded adjective    1 CRUELnot showing or involving any emotions or pity for other people’s suffering  a cold-blooded killer  cold-blooded murder► see thesaurus at cruel2 HBa cold-blooded animal, such as a snake, has a body temperature that changes with the temperature of the air or ground around it → warm-blooded —cold-bloodedly adverb —cold-bloodedness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuscold-blooded• I couldn't do anything so ridiculous as streaking cold-blooded!• Rune had already demonstrated to her that he was far from cold-blooded.• Apparently their rhythm depended on their body temperature, which is to be expected in cold-blooded animals.• Overcrowded with 100,000 cold-blooded bees, the hive had become a warm-blooded organism.• The honey-bush employs the cold-blooded lizards as its thermometers instead.• Professor Herbert argues that such an arrangement is neither cold-blooded nor out of keeping for a family.• Its cold-blooded use by cops facing no threat to themselves is plainly inhumane. Quizzes Quizzes

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