in cold blood

基本解释

Years before the huge success of his "non-fiction novel" In Cold Blood, Truman Capote had already staked out a distinctive place in Hollywood.
在他独创的“非虚构小说”《冷血》大获成功之前，杜鲁门·卡波特已经在好莱坞谋得一席之地了。
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.
杜鲁门· 卡波特（Truman Capote，1924—1984，美国作家）如果不是被《纽约时报》上一则记载发生在堪萨斯州豪康镇的恐怖四连环谋杀案的报道所深深吸引，他也就不可能写出那部具有开创性的作品《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.
杜鲁门.凯波特（Truman Capote）：这位《第凡内早餐》和《冷血》的作者声称自己是一个“完全的横向作者”，他说他必须得躺着才能写作，在床上或者沙发上，叼着烟拿着咖啡才行。

Crimes by the rebels, some of whom have killed captives in cold blood, has become commoner.
ECONOMIST: A bloody stalemate, for now
And at least 14 men from another village had been shot in cold blood.
ECONOMIST: Kosovo: The sabres are rattling The

If someone kills in cold blood, they kill in a way that seems especially cruel because it seems to show no emotion.