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ADJ-GRADED
涼的;涼爽的;溫度不高的
Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
例句
I felt a current of cool air...
我感覺到一陣涼風。
The water was slightly cooler than a child's bath...
這水比小孩的洗澡水稍微涼一些。
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ADJ-GRADED
涼快的;涼爽的
If it is cool, or if a place is cool, the temperature of the air is low but not very low.
例句
Thank goodness it's cool in here...
謝天謝地，這里面挺涼快。
Store grains and cereals in a cool, dry place.
將糧食和谷物儲存在陰涼干燥的地方。
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ADJ-GRADED
(衣服等)讓人感覺涼爽的
Clothing that is cool is made of thin material so that you do not become too hot in hot weather.
例句
In warm weather, you should wear clothing that is cool and comfortable.
在熱天里，應該穿涼快舒適的衣服。
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ADJ-GRADED
(顏色)冷的;冷色調的
Cool colours are light colours which give an impression of coolness.
例句
Choose a cool colour such as cream...
選擇冷色系，比如乳白色。
The drawing-room was a cool silver green.
客廳是冷色調的銀綠色。
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V-ERG
(使)變涼;(使)冷卻;(使)降溫
When something cools or when you cool it, it becomes lower in temperature.
例句
Drain the meat and allow it to cool...
把肉瀝干水，讓它冷卻。
Huge fans will have to cool the concrete floor to keep it below 150 degrees.
必須用巨大的風扇來冷卻混凝土地面，將其溫度控制在150度以下。
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V-ERG
(感覺、感情等)變淡，減弱，減少
When a feeling or emotion cools, or when you cool it, it becomes less powerful.
例句
Within a few minutes tempers had cooled...
幾分鐘之內，火氣就變小了。
His weird behaviour had cooled her passion.
他奇怪的舉動使得她的激情冷卻。
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ADJ-GRADED
(人、行為等)冷靜的，沉著的，泰然自若的
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are calm and unemotional, especially in a difficult situation.
例句
He was marvelously cool again, smiling as if nothing had happened...
他又變得出奇地冷靜，微笑著，好像什么也沒有發生過。
At that, Reno lost her cool composure.
聽了那句話，雷諾失去了冷靜。
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ADJ-GRADED
(人、行為等)冷漠的，冷淡的，不友善的
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are unfriendly or not enthusiastic.
例句
I didn't like him at all. I thought he was cool, aloof, and arrogant...
我一點也不喜歡他，覺得他冷漠、孤僻而且傲慢。
The idea met with a cool response...
人們對這個想法反應冷淡。
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ADJ-GRADED
(人、行為等)酷的，時尚的，吸引人的
If you say that a person or their behaviour is cool, you mean that they are fashionable and attractive.
例句
He was trying to be really cool and trendy.
他竭力想扮酷，趕時髦。
...some 15-year-old kid who thinks it's cool to do heroin.
認為吸食海洛因很酷的一個15歲的孩子
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ADJ-GRADED
坦然接受的;心平氣和的
If you say that someone is cool about something, you mean that they accept it and are not angry or upset about it.
例句
Bev was really cool about it all.
貝芙對這一切都表現得相當平靜。
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ADJ-GRADED
非常好的;特別棒的;絕妙的
If you say that something is cool, you think it is very good.
例句
Kathleen gave me a really cool dress.
凱瑟琳給了我一件非常漂亮的衣服。
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ADJ-GRADED
(尤指輕易得到的數額)巨大的，整整
You can use cool to emphasize that an amount or figure is very large, especially when it has been obtained easily.
例句
Columbia recently resigned the band for a cool $30 million.
哥倫比亞唱片公司最近以3,000萬美元的高價再次簽下這個樂隊。
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PHRASE
冷靜下來;別激動
If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
例句
Can't you guys just cool it?
你們能不能冷靜一下？
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PHRASE
保持冷靜/失去冷靜
If you keep your cool in a difficult situation, you manage to remain calm. If you lose your cool, you get angry or upset.
例句
She kept her cool and managed to get herself out of the ordeal...
她保持著冷靜與克制，努力使自己走出了這次痛苦的經歷。
The big Irishman was on the verge of losing his cool.
那個高大的愛爾蘭人快要失去冷靜了。
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PHRASE
假裝冷靜;故作鎮定
If you play it cool, you deliberately behave in a calm, unemotional way because you do not want people to know you are enthusiastic or angry about something.
例句
It's ridiculous to play it cool if someone you're mad about is mad about you too.
如果讓你生氣的人也在生你的氣，而你還要假裝冷靜，那就太可笑了。