| 单词 | cool |
| 释义 | cool I. 1. a. < a cool wind > < water a little too cool for swimming > < preferred to drink coffee when it was cool rather than hot > b. < shivering in the cool air of the evening > c. 2. a. < “never shoot in a passion”, the excellent advice went on; “only a cool hand is steady” — Joseph Hergesheimer > < he was very cool outwardly, but was nervous all the same — Bram Stoker > b. < the heated personal disputes … gave way to cool negotiations — G.B.Shaw > c. 3. < he received a very cool reception > < “a pity you take on so … ”, the young lady said, with a cool, slightly sarcastic air — W.M.Thackeray > 4. of a scent < the trail of the fox is cool > 5. a. < a cool million in gambling debts > b. < he made a cool $100,000 by his investment schemes > 6. < a cool reply > < a cool pleasure in stripping the Indians of their horses or silver or blankets — Willa Cather > 7. a. < a cool dress > < a cool air-conditioned room > < the cool beauty of freshwater lakes — American Guide Series: Michigan > b. < simple cool clear prose > < cool jazz > < sweet cool paintings that are more refreshing than stimulating — Time > c. of a color d. of a musical tone 8. slang < as an actor he's real cool > < a cool performance > Synonyms: < my work, I am often told, is cool and serene, entirely reasonable and free of passion — Havelock Ellis > < this wonder, that when near her he should be cool and composed, and when away from her wrapped in a tempest of desires — George Meredith > It may also imply calm courage, deliberateness, effrontery, or indifference < cool and deliberate, he gave his orders in a voice devoid of alarm — J.J.Floherty > < the sudden change in her voice, from cool imperial arrogance to terrified pleading — Robert Graves > composed refers to absence of indications of agitation or tension < she was composed without bravado — Agnes Repplier > < did he appear … composed, or was he agitated and alarmed — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > collected implies a concentration of faculties to avoid or overcome distraction < they did not look very unhappy, though Mrs. Hawthorne wore her collected Sunday expression — Archibald Marshall > unruffled implies an accustomed calmness even in exciting situations < on the one hand, feeling at its keenest edge and highest tension; on the other the low, placid, unruffled level of our normal moods — J.L.Lowes > < the familiar estate of marriage was preserved in the unruffled calm of their bedroom as in an embalming fluid — Ellen Glasgow > imperturbable implies extreme and accustomed calm, rendering one unlikely to be disconcerted, disturbed, or alarmed < Irving, the pleasure-loving, genial, imperturbable traveler and gentle hedonist — Saxe Commins > < at her side sat a rosy-cheeked imperturbable nurse in a stiff white uniform — W.H.Wright > nonchalant suggests easy casualness and an appearance of detached indifference or carefreeness < at the back [of the ambulance], haughty in white uniform, nonchalant on a narrow seat was The Doctor — Sinclair Lewis > II. intransitive verb 1. < the summer cooled into autumn — Arnold Bennett > < the material exposed to radiation was left alone to cool for a long time > — sometimes used with off or down < cooling off in the evening breezes > 2. a. < his anger cooled > — often used with off or down < give those hotheads a chance to cool off — L.C.Douglas > b. < its main backers have cooled on the project > c. < hiding out to cool off > transitive verb 1. a. < the breeze cooled them > — often used with off or down < a swim cooled us off a little > b. < cool the milk before storing it > < cool the vegetables with refrigeration > < an engine cooled with water > < cool the room with a fan > < cool the emotions and restore peace — New York Times > — sometimes used with off or down < the agitation was cooled down — J.A.Froude > 2. < cool her growing anger > : moderate, calm 3. a. b. < the gangsters cooled him for squealing > • - cool one's heels III. 1. < the cool of evening > 2. IV. < play it cool > V. < another indication of the very cool … character of this medium — H.M.McLuhan > VI. • - cool it |
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