COLD-BLOODED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of cold-blooded in English

(Definition of cold-blooded from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of cold-blooded

cold-blooded
Furthermore, the stereotypically 'masculine ' values (physical strength, defenders, cold-blooded), were mostly emphasised by female soldiers, not male.
Evidence for this comes from retinal neurons in cold-blooded creatures not responding dramatically more slowly to visual stimulation than in mammals.
In sum, the available data suggest that the high frequency response of warm-blooded retinas is some 3- 4 better than that of cold-blooded vertebrates.
Why small cold-blooded insects pose different conservation problems to birds in modern landscapes.
These persons, seemingly cold-blooded, without remorse, and indifferent regarding their crimes and victims, do not lack emotions.
They may, as the teleologists argued, facilitate childbirth; but why in that case (he asked) should they represent the distinct bones of cold-blooded vertebrates?
Chancellors are not cold-blooded men; even the present one has decent feelings, just as his predecessors did.
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This was a cold-blooded exercise seeking views on a random basis on a number of selected points.
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I would also on behalf of my constituents express my condemnation of this senseless, cowardly, cold-blooded and quite indiscriminate attack on innocent people.
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Its provisions cover all farm animals and horses, domestic animals such as cats and dogs, other mammals and cold-blooded creatures.
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It was a dastardly and cold-blooded act by evil people.
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I do not believe that even the cold-blooded gambler with lives is deterred by the threat of hanging.
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Local officials who violate women's rights are promoted for their ruthless cold-blooded efficiency.
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They were calculated, cold-blooded and cynical statements, made simply to win the election.
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It is my view that a deliberate cold-blooded attack on an unarmed policeman is not far short of an act of war against our society.
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Translations of cold-blooded

in Chinese (Traditional)
(動物)冷血的, 冷酷無情的,殘忍的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(动物)冷血的, 冷酷无情的,残忍的…
in Spanish
de sangre fría, a sangre fría, insensible…
in Portuguese
de sange-frio, a sangue-frio, impiedoso…
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soğuk kanlı, duygusuz, soğukkanlı…
à sang froid, sans pitié…
koudbloedig, koelbloedig…
studenokrevný, chladnokrevný…
koldblodet, koldblodigt…
berdarah dingin, kejam…
เกี่ยวกับสัตว์เลือดเย็น, ไร้ความปราณี…
máu lạnh, tàn nhẫn…
bezwzględny, zimnokrwisty, bezlitosny…
kallblodig…
berdarah sejuk, ganas…
kaltblütig…
kaldblodig, hardhjertet…
холоднокровний, байдужий, нечутливий…
безжалостный…
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