单词 | kewl |
释义 | kewl in British English (kuːl) adjective informal a nonstandard variant spelling of cool (sense 11) cool in British English (kuːl) adjective 1. moderately cold a cool day 2. comfortably free of heat a cool room 3. producing a pleasant feeling of coldness a cool shirt 4. able to conceal emotion; calm a cool head 5. lacking in enthusiasm, affection, cordiality, etc a cool welcome 6. calmly audacious or impudent 7. informal (esp of numbers, sums of money, etc) without exaggeration; actual a cool ten thousand 8. (of a colour) having violet, blue, or green predominating; cold 9. (of jazz) characteristic of the late 1940s and early 1950s, economical and rhythmically relaxed 10. informal sophisticated or elegant, esp in an unruffled way 11. informal excellent; marvellous 12. informal (postpositive; usually foll by with) tolerant or accepting (of) my parents are cool with me being a musician 13. informal (postpositive) on good terms; amicable my ex-boyfriend and I are cool again adverb 14. not standard in a cool manner; coolly noun 15. coolness the cool of the evening 16. slang calmness; composure (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's cool) 17. slang unruffled elegance or sophistication verb 18. (usually foll by down or off) to make or become cooler 19. (usually foll by down or off) to lessen the intensity of (anger or excitement) or (of anger or excitement) to become less intense; calm down 20. cool it 21. cool one's heels Derived forms coolingly (ˈcoolingly) adverb coolingness (ˈcoolingness) noun coolish (ˈcoolish) adjective coolly (ˈcoolly) adverb coolness (ˈcoolness) noun Word origin Old English cōl; related to Old Norse kōlna, Old High German kuoli; see cold, chill |
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