| 单词 | cool |
| 释义 | Word family noun cool coolness cooler coolant adjective cool verb cool adverb coolly Related topics: Colourscool1 /kuːl/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative cooler, superlative coolest) 1 temperature 温度COLD low in temperature, but not cold, often in a way that feels pleasant 凉的，凉爽的 She swam out into the cool water. 她往外游向清凉的水里。 The evening air was cool. 夜晚的空气很凉爽。 Relax in the sun with a cool drink. 在阳光下喝杯清凉饮料放松一下。 the cooler weather of September 九月较凉爽的天气► see thesaurus at cold2 clothing 服装 clothing that is cool is made of thin material so that you do not become too hot 〔衣服〕凉爽的 a cool cotton dress 凉爽的棉布连衣裙3 calm 冷静的CALM calm and not nervous, upset, or excited 冷静的；沉着的keep/stay cool his ability to keep cool in a crisis 他处变不惊的能力 She looks efficient and as cool as a cucumber. 她看上去很能干，而且非常冷静。 Outwardly she is cool, calm, and collected. 她外表看起来沉着冷静、镇定自若。 a cool customer (=someone who always behaves calmly) 总能保持冷静的人 Keep a cool head (=stay calm). 保持头脑冷静。► see thesaurus at calm4 approval 赞许 informal very attractive, fashionable, interesting etc in a way that people admire – used in order to show approval 极有魅力的，时髦的；酷的，棒的〔含褒义〕 She’s pretty cool. 她很有魅力。 You look cool in denim. 你穿牛仔服很酷。 Cool bike! 好酷的自行车！ ‘I’m thinking of studying abroad.’ ‘Really? Cool.’ “我在考虑出国留学。”“真的？那好啊。”► see thesaurus at fashionable5 agreement 同意 spokenCONVENIENT used to say that you agree with something, that you understand it, or that it does not annoy you 没问题，能接受，好 OK, Ryan, that’s cool, I can do it. 行啊，瑞安，那没问题，这事我能做。 ‘I just have to go, you know.’ ‘It’s all right, it’s cool.’ “你知道，我得走了。”“行啊，没问题。” ‘I’m finished.’ ‘Cool.’ “我完成了。”“好的。”cool about My mum was cool about whatever I wore. 我穿什么我妈妈都没意见。something is cool with somebody Is Friday cool with you guys? 星期五你们行不行？somebody is cool with something ‘Do you want to come over and watch a video tonight?’ ‘I’m cool with that.’ “今晚你想不想过来看录像？”“那好啊。”6 not friendly 不友好的UNFRIENDLY behaving in a way that is not as friendly as you expect 冷漠的，冷淡的 My proposal met with a cool response. 我的提议反应冷淡。 Luke gave her a cool look. 卢克冷冷地看了她一眼。7. colour 颜色CC a cool colour is one, such as blue or green, that makes you think of cool things 冷色调的，〔颜色〕给人凉爽感觉的8 a cool million/hundred thousand etc informalMONEY a surprisingly large amount of money 足足100万/10万等〔表示金额大得令人惊奇〕 He earns a cool half million every year. 他每年足足赚50万。 —coolness noun [uncountable] the coolness of the nights 夜晚的凉爽 —coolly adverb She nodded coolly and walked out. 她冷冷地点点头就走出去了。Examples from the Corpuscool• Many young people start smoking because they think it looks cool.• Oh, look at you, you look so cool.• Pizza, yeah, that would be cool.• Her gaze was decidedly cool.• She felt cool and in control until they called out her name.• It was a lot cooler and windier than earlier in the week.• Although the days are very hot, it's much cooler at night.• Can I interest you in a nice, cool drink?• Set peel aside in a cool dry place overnight.• Store the seeds in a cool, dry place.• To put a cool hand in the world that had daunted my adult sleep.• Ruth put her cool hand on my burning forehead.• It gets much cooler in the evenings.• Madison is a really cool name for a girl.• She felt a fleeting distant surprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.• The warm eggs hatch as larger babies than the cool ones.• It's much cooler over here in the shade.• Rune's whole body shivered as her cool palms moved spasmodically over his heated flesh.• Medicine should always be stored in a cool place.• Summer is the time for cool, refreshing fruit salads.• The cool relationship between the two men affected the entire team.• Cover and let rest for 1 hour at cool room temperature or for up to 4 hours in the refrigerator before serving.• a cool sea breeze• These are the coolest shoes.• He was wearing these really cool sunglasses.• Most of the other students were too cool to have done anything hasty like purchase the books for the course.• I slid into bed between cool white sheets.cool head• About the Holocaust, Ludens had prided himself on keeping, as a historian, a cool head.• It was therefore essential to have a co-organizer, some one who would keep a cool head.• With only nine more needed after the interval it had come down to the batsmen keeping cool heads.• Mr Spinetta has, however, shown a cool head in the way he has used the money at his disposal.look cool• To feel cool on those steamy, languid summer days ahead, it helps to look cool.• Vashti McKenzie, looking cool and calm in a royal blue Africaninspired two-piece dress that swept the floor.• He looked cool and infinitely experienced, listening apparently with grave attention to the herald's formal announcement.• At the moment it was half open, the dim light in the hall looking cool and restful after the outside glare.• For these folks, the images and text that are supposed to look cool appear as a confusing jumble.• It looks cool, it's well put together, and the keyboard and mice are well thought out.• Doesn't Mr Hipsway look cool, ladies?it’s cool• The time I like best is the evening when it's cool.• There's a second road, parallel to Main Street, up the hill because it's cooler.• Once it's cool, cover it and keep it at 5°C or colder, or freeze it.• Why it's cool to be gone with the wind.• It's cooling, you might say.cool look• Take a long, cool look at your shares.cool2 ●●○ S3 verb 1 [intransitive, transitive] (also cool down)COLD to make something slightly colder, or to become slightly colder （使）变凉，冷却 The air conditioning doesn’t seem to be cooling the room much. 这空调系统好像没怎么把房间变凉快。 Allow the biscuits to cool for five minutes. 让饼干冷却五分钟。 a cooling breeze 凉风2 [intransitive]LESS if a feeling, emotion, or relationship cools, it becomes less strong 〔感情、情绪或关系〕冷下来，冷却，变淡 The affair had cooled, on her side at least. 他们的关系冷淡了下来，至少在她那一方是如此。 When tempers had cooled, he apologized. 火气消了之后，他道了歉。3 cool it spoken a) CALMused to tell someone to stop being angry, violent etc 要冷静，别冲动 Come on now – calm down, cool it. 好了，好了——冷静下来，别冲动。 b) TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto stop putting as much effort into something, or pressure on someone, as you have been 沉住气；慢慢来 He was getting more serious about her. It was time to cool it. 他对她越来越认真，应该冷一冷了。4 cool your heels WAITto be forced to wait 不得不等候，久等 I’ll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit. 我要把他关到牢里让他去等。5 cool down phrasal verb a) to make something slightly colder, or to become slightly colder （使）冷却下来，（使）变凉 The air has cooled down a little now. 现在空气稍稍变凉了一点。cool somebody/something ↔ down A cold beer will cool you down. 一杯冰啤酒会让你凉快下来。b) CALMto become calm after being angry 冷静下来 After I cooled down I realized I had been wrong. 等我冷静下来之后，我认识到我错了。6 cool off phrasal verb a) COLDto return to a normal temperature after being hot 〔温度〕凉下来；凉快下来 Cool off with an iced drink. 喝杯冰饮料凉快一下。 By late autumn Mediterranean islands have cooled off, and can have rainy days. 到了晚秋时分，地中海诸岛的天气就凉快起来，而且会有雨天。b) CALMto become calm after being angry 冷静下来 SYN calm down He slammed the door and went for a walk to cool off. 他砰的一声摔上门，出去散个步冷静一下。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscool• Interest in the toys is finally cooling.• Most liquids contract steadily as they cool.• She took the cake out of the oven and left it on the kitchen table to cool.• The magma would then cool and harden, adding to the four-mile-thick slab of moving crust.• An electrically heated wire is cooled by the flow, the rate of cooling depending on the velocity.• Blow on the soup first to cool it.• He'd cool off while he took a walk.• Leave to cool on a wire rack. 7 Decorate with glacé fruits and drizzle with glacé icing.• Remove and allow to cool slightly.• Cool the cookies before storing them in an airtight container.• Cool the jam by stirring it before putting it into jars.• Pausing to get his bearings, he blew furiously on his fingers to cool them down.• a drink that will cool you down on a hot summer daycool3 noun 1 the cool COLDa temperature that is pleasantly cold 〔气温的〕凉爽，清凉the cool of They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening. 夜里凉爽，他们出去散了个步。2 keep your cool CALMto remain calm in a frightening or difficult situation 保持冷静 I must keep my cool, she thought; losing my temper isn’t going to help. “我必须保持冷静，”她想，“发脾气无济于事。”3 lose your cool ANGRYFRIGHTENEDto stop being calm in an annoying or frightening situation 失去冷静 Kenneth finally lost his cool with a photographer, and threatened to hit him. 肯尼斯终于对一个摄影师发了火，并威胁要揍他。Examples from the Corpuscool• He liked to take a stroll in the cool of the evening.cool4 adverb 1 play it cool CALMto behave in a calm way because you do not want someone to know that you are really nervous, angry etc 表现得冷静 She would not show him how upset she was. It was always smarter to play it cool. 她不愿让他看到自己有多生气，装得冷静点总是好办法。Origin cool1 Old English colcool1 adjectivecool2 verbcool3 nouncool4 adverbChinese in cold, in not low often Corpus temperature, but |
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