名詞 chill:

1. coldness due to a cold environment
   同義詞：iciness, gelidity
2. an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
   同義詞：frisson, shiver, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle
3. a sensation of cold that often marks the start of an infection and the development of a fever
   同義詞：shivering
4. a sudden numbing dread
   同義詞：pall

動(dòng)詞 chill:

1. depress or discourage
2. make cool or cooler
   同義詞：cool, cool down
3. loose heat
   同義詞：cool, cool down

形容詞 chill:

1. uncomfortably cool
   同義詞：chilly

1. Come by the fire you must be chilled to the marrow!
   到火旁邊來(lái)吧－－你一定凍壞了。
2. The raw weather chilled our enthusiasm for a swim.
   天氣陰冷，我們游泳的興致大減。
3. The night air chilled his bones.
   夜間的寒氣使他感到冰冷徹骨。
4. There was a chill in the air this morning.
   今天早上有點(diǎn)冷冰冰的。
5. The sight sent a chill to her heart.
   這情景使她心寒。

chill

n.（名詞）
A moderate but penetrating coldness.
寒氣：溫和但有穿透力的寒冷
A sensation of coldness, often accompanied by shivering and pallor of the skin.
冷：常伴有打寒戰(zhàn)和臉色蒼白的寒冷的感覺(jué)
A checking or dampening of enthusiasm, spirit, or joy:
沮喪：熱情、精神或快樂(lè)的抵制或降低：
例句：
bad news that put a chill on the celebration.
使慶?；顒?dòng)變得掃興的壞消息

A sudden numbing fear or dread.
恐懼：一種突然的、使人失去知覺(jué)的害怕或恐懼
adj.（形容詞）
Moderately cold; chilly:
偏冷的；寒颼颼的：
例句：
a chill wind.
冷颼颼的風(fēng)

Not warm and friendly; distant:
不熱情的，不友好的；疏遠(yuǎn)的：
例句：
a chill greeting.
冷淡的問(wèn)候

Discouraging; dispiriting:
令人沮喪的；掃興的：
例句：
.Chill penury repressed their noble rage.(Thomas Gray)
.令人沮喪的貧窮迫使他們克制自己全然有理的憤怒.(托馬斯·格雷)

v.（動(dòng)詞）
chilled,chill.ing,chills
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To affect with or as if with cold.
患感冒，遭受風(fēng)寒
To lower in temperature; cool.
降低…的溫度；使冷卻
To make discouraged; dispirit.
使…泄氣；使…掃興
Metallurgy To harden (a metallic surface) by rapid cooling.
【冶金學(xué)】 冷鑄，冷淬：通過(guò)急冷處理使（金屬表面）變硬
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To be seized with cold.
感到寒冷
To become cold or set:
變冷或凝固：
例句：
jelly that chills quickly.
迅速凝結(jié)的嗜喱

Metallurgy To become hard by rapid cooling.
【冶金學(xué)】 通過(guò)急冷處理變硬

來(lái)源：
Middle English chile
中古英語(yǔ) chile
from Old English cele * see gel-
源自 古英語(yǔ) cele *參見(jiàn) gel-

【引伸】
chill.ingly
adv.（副詞）
chill.ness
n.（名詞）