That's pouring cold water.

这是泼冷水。

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But from both the northern and southern hemispheres, cold air is constantly pouring towards the equator in order to fill the vacuum thus produced.

这样，来自北半球和南半球的冷空气就会不断地涌入赤道附近，补充由于热空气上升造成的真空。

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In a reversal of the usual pattern, America is said to be pouring some cold water on heated talk in Europe, and especially in Britain, of NATO clearing Colonel Qaddafi's aircraft from Libya's skies.

在通常方式的逆转当中，美国被说成在欧洲，特别在英国，北约清除利比亚上空卡扎菲的飞机热烈会议中浇了一瓢冷水。

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Already, the Street is pouring cold water on the notion that Hewlett-Packard might find buyers for its troubled Autonomy and EDS units.

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The court heard Smallwood's offences included throwing a woman in her 90s on to a bed and pouring cold water over an elderly man who had previously suffered a stroke.

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Mr Maharaj said there were still some South Africans who "sit with their dogs in front in a van or truck with a worker at the back in pouring rain or extremely cold weather".

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