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cooling

/kool/US // kul //UK // (kuːl) //

冷却,降温,制冷,冷却剂

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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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.
adv.副词 adverb
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    • : Informal. coolly.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    • : Slang.: Okay, cool! I'll be there at 10:00.: He got the job? Cool!
n.名词 noun
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
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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

verbtake a break; abate
Antonyms

Examples

  • When the materials revert back as the forces are released, it produces a temperature decrease that can then be exploited for cooling.

  • Let cool completely on a wire rack before adding the filling to the crust.

  • Transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely before filling.

  • If I blow up on my own, it’s cool, but my life doesn’t change at all.

  • This will prevent airborne pollutants from entering your home’s living space, while also extending the life of your heating and cooling equipment and helping it run at maximum efficiency.

  • While the beans are cooling and drying, melt the butter in a saute pan over medium heat.

  • Rosina, when she saw me cooling, had no such merciful contraption ready.

  • Ironically, his quick recovery after such a room-cooling moment could still land him the gig.

  • Now they stripped down and loudly, laughingly dove into the cooling water.

  • The commandos want a single garment made of "reactive" fibers that will allow heating and cooling as temperatures vary.

  • It was a bad day to lie wounded and ill and a prisoner, and despite the cooling showers, it was a hot day to ride far and fast.

  • Groups of young people milled around the “concession” which served the delicious cooling drinks.

  • Newcomen's engine had the interior, as well as the exterior of the steam-cylinder exposed to the cooling atmosphere.

  • It is easy to see that the rate of this cooling would be in some proportion to the size of the sphere.

  • At first geologists were disposed to attribute all the phenomena of mountain-folding to the progressive cooling of the earth.