1. | 凉的；凉爽的；凉快的fairly cold; not hot or warm |
a cool breeze/drink/climate 凉爽的微风；清凉的饮料；凉快的气候 | |
Cooler weather is forecast for the weekend. 预报本周末天气较凉。 | |
Let's sit in the shade and keep cool. 咱们坐在阴凉处乘凉吧。 | |
Store lemons in a cool dry place. 把柠檬贮存在干燥凉爽的地方。 |
2. | 使人感到凉爽的；冷色的making you feel pleasantly cool |
a room painted in cool greens and blues 涂成令人感到凉爽的绿色和蓝色的房间 |
3. | 冷静的；镇静的；平静的calm; not excited, angry or emotional |
Keep cool! 保持冷静！ | |
She tried to remain cool, calm and collected(= calm) . 她试图保持冷静、沉着、镇定。 | |
He has a cool head(= he stays calm in an emergency) . 他头脑冷静。 |
4. | 不友好的；冷淡的；冷漠的not friendly, interested or enthusiastic |
She was decidedly cool about the proposal. 她对这个提议显然十分冷淡。 | |
They gave the Prime Minister a cool reception . 他们对首相态度冷淡。 |
5. | (informal) （因时髦、漂亮且与众不同而）令人钦佩的，绝妙的，酷的used to show that you admire or approve of sth because it is fashionable, attractive and often different |
You look pretty cool with that new haircut. 你新剪的发型真酷。 | |
It's a cool movie. 那部电影真棒。 |
6. | (informal) （表示满意或赞同）妙极的，酷的people sayCool! orThat's cool to show that they approve of sth or agree to a suggestion |
‘We're meeting Jake for lunch and we can go on the yacht in the afternoon.’ ‘Cool!’ “我们和杰克一起吃午饭，下午乘游艇玩去。”“棒极了！” | |
‘Can you come at 10.30 tomorrow?’ ‘That's cool’. “你明天 10:30 能来吗？”“没问题。” | |
I was surprised that she got the job, but I'm cool with it(= it's not a problem for me) . 我没想到她会得到这份工作，不过对我来说无所谓。 |
7. | (informal) 孤傲冷漠的；满不在乎的calm and confident in a way that lacks respect for other people, but makes people admire you as well as disapprove |
She just took his keys and walked out with them, cool as you please. 她拿了他的钥匙就跟他们走了，你看多有性格。 |
8. | [obn] (informal) （强调金额之大）整整的，足足的used about a sum of money to emphasize how large it is |
The car cost a cool thirty thousand. 那辆车花了整整三万。 |
1. | [i][t] （使）变凉，冷却to become or to make sb/sth become cool or cooler |
Glass contracts as it cools. 玻璃遇冷收缩。 | |
The cylinder is cooled by a jet of water. 这种气缸是用喷水冷却的。 |
2. | [i] 冷静下来；镇静下来；冷淡下来to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic |
I think we should wait until tempers have cooled. 我认为我们应该等到怒火平息下来再说。 | |
Relations between them have definitely cooled(= they are not as friendly with each other as they were) . 他们之间的关系已明显地冷下来。 |
