🇬🇧🇨🇳 hypothermia - 低温 : English Lesson

Meaning of "hypothermia" ("低温"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Hypothermia is what happens when a person or animal gets so cold for so long that their body can’t stay warm enough to work properly, which can be very dangerous and needs fast help and warmth.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

At recess, I wore so many jackets to avoid hypothermia that I fell over and rolled away like a padded burrito.

Grandma said, “Hypothermia is no joke,” right after Grandpa tried to grill burgers during a blizzard in his pajamas.

Our teacher said we learn about hypothermia today, so I brought my warmest slippers—my brain listens better when my toes aren’t frozen.

The polar bear at the zoo looked at us shivering and probably thought, “Hypothermia? Amateurs.”

Hypothermia can start even in cool, wet weather—not just in snow—because water steals body heat super fast, like a sneaky, chilly heat thief.

He slipped through thin ice and sank into the lake. Hypothermia took hold fast; his teeth chattered and limbs went numb. Hypothermia crept in more. Friends hauled him onto shore, shouting, fearing hypothermia. They wrapped him in coats to fight hypothermia. A medic checked him, then smiled as color returned; he breathed, saved from hypothermia.

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This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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