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El Bonbonadded a note 3 years ago

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Which word is better to use, describing the weather: freezing or frosty? Which one is more widespread among native speakers?

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grumbleradded a comment 3 years ago

вообще говоря, freezing означает просто "очень холодно", не обязательно ниже 0С.
It's freezing in here - can I close the window?
или же freezing cold
Such youngsters cannot be put to bed in freezing cold bedrooms that have no radiators.
Про погоду часто говорят freezing, freezing temperatures - и здесь это обычно означает мороз, ниже 0.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=freezing+weather%2C+frosty+weather&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cfreezing%20weather%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfrosty%20weather%3B%2Cc0#t1%3B%2Cfreezing%20weather%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cfrosty%20weather%3B%2Cc0
Click the dates under the graph to see exampled from books

Holy Molyadded a comment 3 years ago

Freezing = очень холодно температуре воздуха на улице или в помещении). It’s freezing out, put on your winter coat.
Frosty = морозно. То есть не просто холодно, но и морозно (лёд на водных поверхностях, узоры на окнах, пар изо рта и т.д.). It’s a frosty morning today. Look at all the ice.

il--ya [away]added a comment 3 years ago

Да, выбор слов зависит от температуры. У меня вот тут -20°C, и ничего мягче "It'd bloody cold" в голову не приходит :)

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