cool
酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉
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Definitions
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cool·er, cool·est.
- : moderately cold; neither warm nor cold: a rather cool evening.
- : feeling comfortably or moderately cold: I'm perfectly cool, but open the window if you feel hot.
- : imparting a sensation of moderate coldness or comfortable freedom from heat: a cool breeze.
- : permitting such a sensation: a cool dress.
- : not excited; calm; composed; under control: to remain cool in the face of disaster.
- : not hasty; deliberate: a cool and calculated action.
- : lacking in interest or enthusiasm: a cool reply to an invitation.
- : lacking in warmth or cordiality: a cool reception.
- : calmly audacious or impudent: a cool lie.
- : aloof or unresponsive; indifferent: He was cool to her passionate advances.
- : unaffected by emotions; disinterested; dispassionate: She made a cool appraisal of all the issues in the dispute.
- : Informal. without exaggeration or qualification: a cool million dollars.
- : with green, blue, or violet predominating.
- : Slang. great; fine; excellent: a real cool comic.characterized by great facility; highly skilled or clever: cool maneuvers on the parallel bars.socially adept: It's not cool to arrive at a party too early.acceptable; satisfactory; okay: If you want to stay late, that's cool.
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- : Informal. coolly.
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- : Slang.: Okay, cool! I'll be there at 10:00.: He got the job? Cool!
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- : something that is cool; a cool part, place, time, etc.: in the cool of the evening.
- : coolness.
- : calmness; composure; poise: an executive noted for maintaining her cool under pressure.
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- : to become cool: The soup cooled in five minutes. We cooled off in the mountain stream.
- : to become less ardent, cordial, etc.; become moderate.
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- : to make cool; impart a sensation of coolness to.
- : to lessen the ardor or intensity of; allay; calm; moderate: Disappointment cooled his early zealousness.
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- : cool down. See entry at cooldown.
- : cool off, Informal. to become calmer or more reasonable: Wait until he cools off before you talk to him again.
- : cool out, Slang. to calm or settle down; relax: cooling out at the beach.
Phrases
- cool as a cucumber
- cool down
- cool it
- cool off
- cool one's heels
- cool out
- keep cool
- keep one's cool
- play it cool
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
So, the water cooled in the salt slush was definitely colder than the water cooled in simple ice.
According to a Monday blog post from Microsoft, the consistently cool underwater temperatures made it possible to use similar heat-exchange plumbing to the kind found on submarines.
We handled some of the work, so you can get your cool java sooner.
While it seems everyone wants to keep pace with the cool kids, everyone can’t keep pace with the cool kids.
We look at the trends, and it’s a reason we started a delivery service before it was cool.
It’s cool because Trenchmouth opened for Green Day in the early ‘90s in Wisconsin.
She came to sound check, that was the first time we ever performed it, and it was really cool.
Triton prices the 1000/3 LP at a cool $3.15 million—inclusive of pilot training.
Allow beans to cool completely then remove to a paper towel-lined plate to dry.
The Ismael brothers even make an effort to look cool, if not fashionable, by local standards.
Things looked anxious for a bit, but by this morning's dawn all are dug in, cool, confident.
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
He has told me that their society produced on him the effect of the cool hands of saints against his cheek.
I laved his pain-twisted face with the cool water and let a few drops trickle into his open mouth.
As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.