The extraordinary fact is that we don't know which is more likely, a future offering us eons of perishing frigidity or one giving us equal expanses of steamy heat.

一个明显的事实是，我们不知道未来的年代是一个严气候，还是一个酷热的气候。

Her beginning to dance had been like a change of atmosphere; outside, she had been steeped in arctic frigidity by comparison with the tropical sensations here.

她开始跳舞时就像是换了一个环境氛围；与此好似热带的气氛相比，她原先简直就像一直生活在极的冰天雪地中。

It was a period, in other words, when frigidity was much on people's minds.

换句话说，那是一个人们习以为常的时代。

By night—lunar night, of course, and lunar day—it was frigidity and horror.

夜晚——当然是月夜，以及随之而来的月球白昼——则是极与恐惧的代名词。

But in this church I felt myself continually thrown back upon the world by the frigidity and pomp of the poor worms around me.

但是在座教堂里，我觉得自己不断地被周围那些可怜的虫子的漠和浮华抛回到个世界上。

He noticed, no doubt, an increased frigidity in the manner of comte Norbert, and a fresh touch of haughtiness in the manner of MM.

毫无疑问，他注意到诺伯特伯爵的态度越来越淡， 而 MM 的态度又多了一丝傲慢。

When I remembered how far I had once been admitted to his confidence, I could hardly comprehend his present frigidity.

当我回想起他曾一度我推心置腹的情景时，我简直无法理解他现在的淡态度。