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Peter Sokolowski: 今天介绍的词是gelid,它是一个形容词,字面或比喻意义上表示极度寒冷或冰冷。这个词源于拉丁语,与冰和冷冻有关。例如,可以用gelid来形容北冰洋的寒冷水域,也可以用来形容一个人冷漠的眼神。我觉得这个词很有意思,因为它既能描述物理上的寒冷,也能描述情感上的冷漠。 Kim Cook: 我觉得用gelid来形容冰淇淋店的某些口味很贴切,那些口味听起来像是寒冷冬日里一个温暖的拥抱。虽然gelid本身是寒冷的意思,但用在食物上,反而能给人一种独特的感受。我个人很喜欢这种反差感,能让人印象深刻。

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It's the Word of the Day podcast for January 8th.

and people helping truckers fill up and get maintenance at our convenient locations. They're part of the more than 300,000 jobs BP supports across the country. Learn more at bp.com slash investing in America. Today's word is gelid, spelled G-E-L-I-D. Gelid is an adjective. Something described as gelid, such as the weather or a person's demeanor, is literally or figuratively extremely cold or icy.

Here's the word used in a sentence from the Chicago Sun-Times by Kim Cook.

Delish.com's assistant food editor, Taylor Ann Spencer, notes Oregon-based ice creamery Salt and Straw for combos like pistachio with saffron and hibiscus and coconut. Other offerings there sound like a warm hug in jellied form, jasmine milk tea laced with chocolate-coated almond slivers, or rhubarb crumble with toasted anise.

All right, stop, collaborate, and listen. The history of the word jelid is all about ice, ice, ice. Jelid entered English late in the 16th century from the Latin adjective gelidus, which ultimately comes from the noun gelu, meaning frost or cold.

The noun gelatin, which can refer to an edible jelly that undergoes a cooling process as part of its formation, comes from the related word gelare, meaning to freeze.

Gelid is used to describe anything of extremely cold temperature, as in the gelid waters of the Arctic Ocean. But the word can also be used figuratively to describe a person with a cold demeanor, as in the prizefighter's gelid stare. With your Word of the Day, I'm Peter Sokolowski. Visit Merriam-Webster.com today for definitions, wordplay, and trending word lookups.