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| /kuːl/ |
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| 1 | rather cold , often in a pleasant way 凉的；凉快的 |
| The water was wonderfully cool and refreshing. 水很凉，让人神清气爽。 |
| Store the wine in a cool dry place. 把酒储藏在凉爽干燥的地方。 |
| Tomorrow it will be cloudy and cool everywhere. 明天各地都是多云，天气凉爽。 |
| | 1a | food that is cool is no longer hot （食物）凉的 | | When the biscuits are cool, brush them with melted chocolate. 等饼干凉了以后，涂上融化的巧克力。 | |
| | 1b | cool clothes prevent you from feeling too hot （衣服）凉爽的 | | He put on a cool cotton shirt and a pair of shorts. 他穿上凉爽的棉衬衫和短裤。 | |
| | 1c | cool colours, such as white and blue , give an idea of cold instead of heat （颜色）冷色调的 | | The place was painted in a cool glossy white. 那地方被粉刷成了光洁的冷白色。 | |
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| 2 | calm and relaxed 冷静的；沉着的；从容的 |
| a cool and calm atmosphere 平静的气氛 |
| her cool handling of the situation 她对局面的冷静处理 |
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| 3 | not friendly or enthusiastic 冷漠的；冷淡的 |
| The presidential candidate got a cool reception. 总统候选人受到了冷遇。 |
| a cool ruthless manner 冷漠无情的态度 |
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| 4 | impressive because of being fashionable or attractive 时髦的；酷的 |
| one of Britain’ s coolest young designers 英国最酷的年轻设计师之一 |
| It’ s not considered cool to wear a helmet. 带头盔让人觉得不够酷。 |
| | 4a | used for emphasizing how good someone or something is 美妙的；棒的 | | We had such a cool time at your party. 我们在你的晚会上过得愉快极了。 | | I met this really cool girl last night. 我昨天晚上遇见了这位很棒的姑娘。 | |
| | 4b | used for agreeing to something or saying that something would be convenient 好极了，可以（用于表示同意或方便） | | ‘We could go to see a film.’ ‘Cool.’ “我们可以去看场电影。”“好极了。” | | Any time after five would be cool. 5点以后的任何时间都可以。 | |
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| 5 | only before noun informal used with an amount of money for emphasizing how large it is （钱）大笔的，不折不扣的，整整的 |
| He ended up with a cool £50,000. 他最终得到了整整5万英镑。 |
| PHRASE |
| - | play it cool informal
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| to behave calmly and not show your emotions, so that people do not know what you are thinking or feeling |
| 显得沉着；表现得若无其事 |
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| DERIVED WORD |
| coolness noun U |
| We sat and enjoyed the coolness of the shade. 我们坐在那儿享受着树阴下的凉爽。 |
| There was a definite coolness between the two men. 这两个男人之间关系明显很冷淡。 |
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| See also | | - cool head | | - coolly | | - cucumber | |
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