cold-shoulder
verb🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldə(r)/
🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cold-shoulder | 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldə(r)/ 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldər/ |
| he / she / it cold-shoulders | 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldəz/ 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldərz/ |
| past simple cold-shouldered | 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldəd/ 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldərd/ |
| past participle cold-shouldered | 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldəd/ 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldərd/ |
| -ing form cold-shouldering | 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldərɪŋ/ 🔊/ˌkəʊld ˈʃəʊldərɪŋ/ |
- cold-shoulder somebody
to treat somebody in an unfriendly way 冷待；冷落；慢待