主要有以下两个重要用法：
1.give someone the cold shoulder
字面意思为“甩给某人一个冷冷的肩膀”，引申为“忽视某人，对某人很冷淡”。如：
But when Gough looked to Haig for support, he was given the cold shoulder.
但是当高夫指望能得到黑格的支持时，却遭到了冷遇。
When Wang Ping asked Zhang Ying for a date, she gave him the cold shoulder.
王平请张英跟他定约会时，她爱搭不理。
Something's happened and I don't know what it is, but he's giving me the cold shoulder.
我不知道发生了什么事，但他对我变得冷淡了。
Scientist gets cold shoulder after global warming warning in the meeting.
在会议上发出全球变暖警告后，科学家受到冷遇。
But when Gough looked to Haig for support, he was given the cold shoulder.
但是当高夫想得到黑格的支持时，黑格对他很冷淡。
He was upset to find his previously friendly colleagues giving him the cold shoulder.
当他发现以前友好的同事冷漠地对待他时，他很难过。
She turned a cold shoulder towards my efforts to express affection.
她对我表达感情的努力不屑一顾。
You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you.
当朋友没有信守承诺时，你可能就会对他冷淡。
2.get the cold shoulder from sb:受到某人的冷遇（忽视、冷落）
Nancy found she was getting the cold shoulder from a lot of people she'd thought were her friends.
南希发现很多她以为是朋友的人对她很冷淡。
The young entrepreneur got a cold shoulder from the business establishment.
这位年轻的企业家受到企业界的冷遇。
I turned to him for help, but he gave me the cold shoulder.
我向他寻求帮助，他却冷眼相对。