in the cold

基本解释

In the cold, dark waters of the Arctic, life abounds as it has for millions of years.
在北极圈寒冷黑暗的水域中，生命像百万年来那样一直繁盛。
The glamour of romance with which her imagination had invested him faded away in the cold light of fact that he was an ex-laundryman.
她的想像给他博士的浪漫色彩在现实的冷冰冰的光照前暗淡了下去——原来他以前不过是个洗衣工。
Hoping to bond with these fisherman of bear-like proportions who beckoned me inside, I decided to leave my guide and interpreter out in the cold. At first things went smoothly.
穿得像熊那样臃肿的渔民示意我到帐篷里面去，我则希望与他们呆在一起，所以决定离开导游和翻译走到外面的严寒中。

A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise, that he was left out in the cold.
But the roles are reversed in the following passage, and this is where the text blows hot and cold.
但是在接下来的文章中角色互调了，这是文中描述冷热无常的情景。
耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选
This is, you see, also on 2 at the beginning here: I went to the cold-water flat with the boys and Dean came to the door in his shorts.
你们看，这也是在第二页的开始：,我和男孩们去了冷水公寓,安穿着短裤来到门口。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Ms. COLLINS: (Singing) Out on the street it was raining today, homeless man stood in the cold.
NPR: Judy Collins, From Both Sides Now