| 单词 | cool |
| 释义 | cool (once / 73 pages) 1adjnv 2adjn 3adj 4adj When the weather is cool, it's not quite cold but not warm either. When people are cool, they're mellow and in control. Cool has many meanings. When the weather goes from 70 degrees to 50, it cooled off. A winning pool player who starts losing also cools off. Drinking lemonade on a hot day is yet another way to cool off. When you lose your temper, you lose your cool. Hot cookies should cool before you eat them. Something fashionable is cool, but if you're cool to an idea, you're not so sure about it. Any situation that becomes less intense has cooled. WORD FAMILYcool: coolant, cooled, cooler, coolest, cooling, coolingly, coolly, coolness, cools, uncool+/coolant: coolants/cooler: coolers/coolness: coolnesses USAGE EXAMPLESA strong El Niño brought high temperatures early in the year; a follow-up La Niña cooled things back down. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) The ambient air is Newark’s, but filtered, ventilated, heated, and cooled. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Crows soared above sandstone walls as we ran our hands along petrified sand dunes and felt cool mystery. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1adj neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat a cool autumn day a cool room cool summer dresses cool drinks a cool breeze Syn|Ant cold having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration air-conditionedcooled by air conditioning air-cooledcooled by a flow of air callerproviding coolness precooledcooled in advance water-cooledkept cool or designed to be kept cool by means of water especially circulating water warm having or producing a comfortable and agreeable degree of heat or imparting or maintaining heat hotused of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning lukewarm, tepidmoderately warm warmedhaving been warmed up warmingimparting heat 2adj (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets cool greens and blues and violets Syn|Ant cold (color) giving no sensation of warmth warm (color) inducing the impression of warmth; used especially of reds and oranges and yellows hot(color) bold and intense 3n the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature the cool of early morning Hyper cold, coldness, frigidity, frigidness, low temperature the absence of heat 4v make cool or cooler Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper chill, cool down heat, heat up make hot or hotter quench cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid iceput ice on or put on ice refrigeratecool or chill in or as if in a refrigerator alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v loose heat The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm Syn|Ant|Hyper chill, cool down heat, heat up, hot up gain heat or get hot change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action 6v lose intensity 2His enthusiasm cooled considerably Syn|Hyper cool down, cool off change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 1adj marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional play it cool keep cool Syn coolheaded, nerveless composed serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress 2adj fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept he's a cool dude that's cool Mary's dress is really cool it's not cool to arrive at a party too early Syn fashionable, stylish being or in accordance with current social fashions 3n great coolness and composure under strain 3keep your cool Syn|Hyper aplomb, assuredness, poise, sang-froid calm, calmness, composure, equanimity steadiness of mind under stress adj psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike 4relations were cool and polite a cool reception cool to the idea of higher taxes Syn|Ant unagitated not agitated or disturbed emotionally unemotionalunsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion unfriendlynot disposed to friendship or friendliness coldextended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion unresponsivealoof or indifferent warm psychologically warm; friendly and responsive emotionalof more than usual emotion friendlycharacteristic of or befitting a friend cordialpolitely warm and friendly heartyshowing warm and heartfelt friendliness adj (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification a cool million bucks Syn unqualified not limited or restricted |
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