in cold blood

基本解釋

Years before the huge success of his "non-fiction novel" In Cold Blood, Truman Capote had already staked out a distinctive place in Hollywood.
在他獨創(chuàng)的“非虛構(gòu)小說”《冷血》大獲成功之前，杜魯門·卡波特已經(jīng)在好萊塢謀得一席之地了。
Truman Capote's groundbreaking work In Cold Blood would have gone unwritten had he not been intrigued by The New York Times's coverage of a grisly quadruple murder in Holcomb, Kansas.
杜魯門· 卡波特（Truman Capote，1924—1984，美國作家）如果不是被《紐約時報》上一則記載發(fā)生在堪薩斯州豪康鎮(zhèn)的恐怖四連環(huán)謀殺案的報道所深深吸引，他也就不可能寫出那部具有開創(chuàng)性的作品《冷血》了。
The author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood” claimed to be a “completely horizontal author.” He said he had to write lying down, in bed or on a couch, with a cigarette and coffee.
杜魯門.凱波特（Truman Capote）：這位《第凡內(nèi)早餐》和《冷血》的作者聲稱自己是一個“完全的橫向作者”，他說他必須得躺著才能寫作，在床上或者沙發(fā)上，叼著煙拿著咖啡才行。

Crimes by the rebels, some of whom have killed captives in cold blood, has become commoner.
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And at least 14 men from another village had been shot in cold blood.
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If someone kills in cold blood, they kill in a way that seems especially cruel because it seems to show no emotion.