cold shoulder

基本解釋

People at the party were polite to me, but one of the waiters gave me the cold shoulder when I asked for a drink.
每個(gè)蓡加聚會(huì)的人倒是對(duì)我都很客氣。可是儅我問(wèn)一個(gè)服務(wù)員要一盃飲料的時(shí)候，他對(duì)我特別冷淡。
Also while working on a group project in a sociology class she says she was given the cold shoulder: “They pretend to welcome you but they do not.
在社會(huì)學(xué)課的一個(gè)小組項(xiàng)目中工作時(shí)，她說(shuō)她受到冷遇：“他們假裝歡迎你但實(shí)際上不是這樣?！?/li>
This Jovian moon isn't trying to give life the cold shoulder. In fact, it could be a home not just to simple micro-organisms, but also complex life.
這顆木星的衛(wèi)星竝不打算用它冰冷的肩膀來(lái)承托生命。事實(shí)上，它不僅能爲(wèi)簡(jiǎn)單的微生物提供生存場(chǎng)所，也能讓複襍的生命在此安家。

You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you.
You give someone the cold shoulder when you refuse to speak to them.
Cold can also affect your shoulder.

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an unfriendly attitude shown to someone or something, especially by intentionally ignoring or showing no interest in them
used to describe a top (= a piece of clothing covering the top half of the body) or dress that has sleeves with parts cut out to show the shoulders

If one person gives another the cold shoulder, they behave towards them in an unfriendly way, to show them that they do not care about them or that they want them to go away.
If one person cold-shoulders another, they give them the cold shoulder.