cool
n. 凉爽, 凉爽的空气 a. 凉爽的, 冷淡的, 冷静的 vi. 冷却, 平息 vt. 使冷却, 使平静
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教材释义与例句
凉爽；凉爽的空气
a temperature that is pleasantly cold
使…冷却；使…平静下来
to make something slightly colder, or to become slightly colder
变凉；平息
凉爽的；冷静的；出色的
low in temperature, but not cold, often in a way that feels pleasant
释义与例句
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1.
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
不可数in the cool of the morning
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2.
A calm temperament.
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3.
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
不可数
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1.
To lose heat, to get colder.
不及物I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
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2.
To make cooler, less warm.
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3.
To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
冷淡
比喻 不及物Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
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4.
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
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5.
To kill, murder.
过时 俚语 及物Maybe he would die. That would mean I had murdered him. I smiled, trying the idea on for size. One of the things that always had cheesed me a little was that I had no kills to my credit. I'd been in plenty of rumbles, but somehow, I'd never cooled anyone. Well maybe now I had my first one. I couldn't feel very proud of skulling an old man, but at least I could say that I'd scored. That was a big kick.
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6.
To relax, hang out.
不及物 俚语 非裔美国英语
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1.
Of a mildly low temperature.
凉快
清凉
凉
I like cool weather the most 'cause it's not too hot to wear a jacket but I won't be too cold in my shorts.
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2.
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.
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3.
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
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4.
Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
酷
平息
Be cool. There's no need to panic.
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5.
Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
沉着
His proposals had a cool reception.
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6.
Calmly audacious.
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7.
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
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8.
Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.
冷静
酷
棒
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Fashionable; trendy; hip.
酷
棒
厉害
非正式2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii The fact that I was middle-aged, bald, married, and raising girls instead of chasing them didn't really bother me. Muscles are cool at any age.
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10.
All right; acceptable; good.
很棒
没事
不错
非正式Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
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11.
Very interesting or exciting.
非正式I think astronomy is really cool.
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12.
Followed by with: able to tolerate.
非正式I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
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13.
Of a pair of people, Having good relations.
非正式We're cool, right?
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词源
From Middle English cool, from Old English cōl (“cool, cold, tranquil, calm”), from Proto-West Germanic *kōl(ī), from Proto-Germanic *kōlaz, *kōluz (“cool”), from *kalaną (“to be cold, to freeze”), Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold, to freeze”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian kuul, kölj (“cold”), Saterland Frisian köil (“cool”), West Frisian koel (“cool”), Cimbrian khuul (“chilly, cool”), Dutch koel (“cool”), German kühl (“cool”), Low German köhl (“cool”), Luxembourgish kill (“cool”), Vilamovian kił (“cool”); also Latin gelū, gelum, gelus (“frost; chill, cold”), Belarusian хо́лад (xólad, “cold”), Bulgarian хлад (hlad, “chill, coolness”), Czech chlad (“cold”), Macedonian лад (lad, “shade; coolness”), Polish chłód (“cold”), Russian and Ukrainian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”), Serbo-Croatian хла̑д, hlȃd (“shade”), Sanskrit जड (jaḍa, “cold; stiff”), जल (jala, “water”). Related to cold.
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