5agreement 同意 spokenCONVENIENT used to say that you agree with something, that you understand it, or that it does not annoy you 没问题,能接受,好
OK, Ryan, that’s cool, I can do it.
行啊,瑞安,那没问题,这事我能做。
‘I just have to go, you know.’ ‘It’s all right, it’s cool.’
“你知道,我得走了。”“行啊,没问题。”
‘I’m finished.’ ‘Cool.’
“我完成了。”“好的。”
cool about
My mum was cool about whatever I wore.
我穿什么我妈妈都没意见。
something is cool with somebody
Is Friday cool with you guys?
星期五你们行不行?
somebody is cool with something
‘Do you want to come over and watch a video tonight?’ ‘I’m cool with that.’
“今晚你想不想过来看录像?”“那好啊。”
6not friendly 不友好的UNFRIENDLYbehaving in a way that is not as friendly as you expect 冷漠的,冷淡的
My proposal met with a cool response.
我的提议反应冷淡。
Luke gave her a cool look.
卢克冷冷地看了她一眼。
7.colour 颜色CC a cool colour is one, such as blue or green, that makes you think of cool things 冷色调的,〔颜色〕给人凉爽感觉的
8a cool million/hundred thousand etcinformalMONEY a surprisingly large amount of money 足足100万/10万等〔表示金额大得令人惊奇〕
He earns a cool half million every year.
他每年足足赚50万。
—coolness noun [uncountableU]
the coolness of the nights
夜晚的凉爽
—coollyadverbadv
She nodded coolly and walked out.
她冷冷地点点头就走出去了。
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cool• Many young people start smoking because they think it looks cool.• Oh, look at you, you look so cool.• Pizza, yeah, that would be cool.• Her gaze was decidedly cool.• She felt cool and in control until they called out her name.• It was a lot cooler and windier than earlier in the week.• Although the days are very hot, it's much cooler at night.• Can I interest you in a nice, cool drink?• Set peelaside in a cooldry place overnight.• Store the seeds in a cool, dry place.• To put a cool hand in the world that had daunted my adultsleep.• Ruth put her cool hand on my burningforehead.• It gets much cooler in the evenings.• Madison is a really cool name for a girl.• She felt a fleetingdistantsurprise as the cool night air whispered over her skin.• The warmeggshatch as larger babies than the cool ones.• It's much cooler over here in the shade.• Rune's whole body shivered as her coolpalms moved spasmodically over his heatedflesh.• Medicine should always be stored in a cool place.• Summer is the time for cool, refreshingfruitsalads.• The coolrelationship between the two men affected the entire team.• Cover and let rest for 1 hour at cool room temperature or for up to 4 hours in the refrigerator before serving.• a coolseabreeze• These are the coolestshoes.• He was wearing these really coolsunglasses.• Most of the other students were too cool to have done anything hasty like purchase the books for the course.• I slid into bed between cool white sheets.
cool head• About the Holocaust, Ludens had prided himself on keeping, as a historian, a cool head.• It was therefore essential to have a co-organizer, some one who would keep a cool head.• With only nine more needed after the interval it had come down to the batsmen keeping cool heads.• Mr Spinetta has, however, shown a cool head in the way he has used the money at his disposal.
look cool• To feel cool on those steamy, languid summer days ahead, it helps to look cool.• Vashti McKenzie, looking cool and calm in a royal blue Africaninspired two-piecedress that swept the floor.• He looked cool and infinitely experienced, listening apparently with graveattention to the herald's formalannouncement.• At the moment it was half open, the dim light in the halllooking cool and restful after the outside glare.• For these folks, the images and text that are supposed to look cool appear as a confusingjumble.• It looks cool, it's well put together, and the keyboard and mice are well thought out.• Doesn't Mr Hipsway look cool, ladies?
it’s cool• The time I like best is the evening when it's cool.• There's a second road, parallel to Main Street, up the hill because it's cooler.• Once it's cool, cover it and keep it at 5°C or colder, or freeze it.• Why it's cool to be gone with the wind.• It's cooling, you might say.
1[intransitiveI, transitiveT] (also cool down)COLD to make something slightly colder, or to become slightly colder (使)变凉,冷却
The air conditioning doesn’t seem to be cooling the room much.
这空调系统好像没怎么把房间变凉快。
Allow the biscuits to cool for five minutes.
让饼干冷却五分钟。
a cooling breeze
凉风
2[intransitiveI]LESS if a feeling, emotion, or relationship cools, it becomes less strong 〔感情、情绪或关系〕冷下来,冷却,变淡
The affair had cooled, on her side at least.
他们的关系冷淡了下来,至少在她那一方是如此。
When tempers had cooled, he apologized.
火气消了之后,他道了歉。
3cool itspoken
a)CALMused to tell someone to stop being angry, violent etc 要冷静,别冲动
Come on now – calm down, cool it.
好了,好了——冷静下来,别冲动。
b)TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto stop putting as much effort into something, or pressure on someone, as you have been 沉住气;慢慢来
He was getting more serious about her. It was time to cool it.
他对她越来越认真,应该冷一冷了。
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cool it• It was time to cool it.• Man, this is my way to cool it.• Party chiefs told her to cool it.• The few black independentaldermen were moving around, helping cool it.• The refrigerant carries the heat to the outsidecoil where the fancools it, blowing the heat into the outside air.• Cool it, guys. Just play the game.• When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermentingvessels where it meets its destiny with yeast.• As the granitecooled itsqueezed out hotfluidscontainingmineralores in solution.• Fluke found out how cool it suddenly is to not like blacks again.• We already know who won, so cool it with the promos.
I’ll put him in a cell to cool his heels for a bit.
我要把他关到牢里让他去等。
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cool your heels• Basically, if you believe the law of averages, 1996 should be a year for mutualfunds to cool their heels.• If a man was workshy and mutinous I would put him in a cell to cool his heels for a while.• He was usheredforward after cooling his heels for four minutes.• I had to cool my heels in a long line at the checkout.• As things turned out, I had a week to cool my heels in New York.• Our sources, who are cooling their heels waiting for chips, continue to think Intel is having problems making the parts.• His office says he has kept at least 20 top-flightjournalists and analystscooling their heels waiting to interview him since October.
5cool downphrasal verbphr v
a)to make something slightly colder, or to become slightly colder (使)冷却下来,(使)变凉
cool down• If the engineoverheats, switch it off and do not start it again until it has cooled down.• It's been hot all summer, but it's finally starting to cool down a little.
He slammed the door and went for a walk to cool off.
他砰的一声摔上门,出去散个步冷静一下。
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cool• Interest in the toys is finally cooling.• Most liquidscontract steadily as they cool.• She took the cake out of the oven and left it on the kitchentable to cool.• The magma would then cool and harden, adding to the four-mile-thick slab of moving crust.• An electrically heated wire is cooled by the flow, the rate of cooling depending on the velocity.• Blow on the soup first to cool it.• He'd cool off while he took a walk.• Leave to cool on a wire rack. 7 Decorate with glacé fruits and drizzle with glacé icing.• Remove and allow to cool slightly.• Cool the cookies before storing them in an airtightcontainer.• Cool the jam by stirring it before putting it into jars.• Pausing to get his bearings, he blew furiously on his fingers to cool them down.• a drink that will cool you down on a hot summer day
cool3 noun
1the coolCOLDa temperature that is pleasantly cold 〔气温的〕凉爽,清凉
the cool of
They went for a stroll in the cool of the evening.
I must keep my cool, she thought; losing my temper isn’t going to help.
“我必须保持冷静,”她想,“发脾气无济于事。”
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keep your cool• Kick the day into action with refreshingCelsius Body SplashOpposite, below: keep your cool even when working up a sweat.• Instead, Dukakis kept his cool and sealed his candidacy's doom.• He should go out and have a beer with you, not just keep his cool with the unit...• Oxfordkept their cool though and came up with a winner 5 minutes from time.• The waitress was really busy, but she kept her cool.• You've got to keep your cool, you've got to be strong in the head.• One of the best tips is to keep your cool.• She'd fancied him for ages and when he asked her out she managed to keep her cool even though she felt faint.• Weaverkeeps his cool while all those around him are losing theirs.
3lose your coolANGRYFRIGHTENEDto stop being calm in an annoying or frightening situation 失去冷静
Kenneth finally lost his cool with a photographer, and threatened to hit him.
肯尼斯终于对一个摄影师发了火,并威胁要揍他。
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lose your cool• Kenneth finally lost his cool with a photographer this morning, and threatened to hit him.• Gablelost his cool with his pal Spencer Tracy who often tested the patience of his peers.• I should not have lost my cool and behaved in that manner.• He lost his cool and kicked out two stumps during a frustrating day when he beat the bat consistently.• Sam was a real gentleman who never lost his cool.• In this situation, it hardly ever helps if you start shouting or losing your cool.• Sometimes she lost her cool and I thought she stepped out of her role as therapist.• But she was not the only one who was losing her cool.
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cool• He liked to take a stroll in the cool of the evening.
cool4adverbadv
1play it coolCALMto behave in a calm way because you do not want someone to know that you are really nervous, angry etc 表现得冷静
She would not show him how upset she was. It was always smarter to play it cool.
1 ( cool down) become colder變涼ADVERB | VERB + COOLADVERB➤a little, slightly, etc.略微/稍稍冷卻▸➤completely完全冷卻➤quickly, rapidly迅速冷卻◇Dry soil cools rapidly when air temperatures fall.空氣溫度下降時,乾燥的土壤很快冷卻。➤gradually, slowly逐漸/慢慢冷卻◇Her tea was slowly cooling in front of her.她面前的茶慢慢變涼了。VERB + COOL➤allow sth to, let sth讓⋯涼下來◇Allow the cake to cool thoroughly before removing it from the tin.等蛋糕涼透了再從烤模中取出。cool
verb²
2 ( cool down, cool off) become calmer冷靜下來ADVERB➤considerably變得相當冷靜▸➤slightly, somewhat稍稍冷靜下來;冷靜了些◇He's cooled down somewhat since this morning.今天上午開始,他漸漸冷靜了下來。cool
adjective¹
1fairly cold涼爽VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, look涼爽;感覺涼快;看起來涼爽◇The forest looked cool and shady.森林看起來很陰涼。➤become, get變得涼爽◇It will probably get cool later, so bring a coat.待會兒天氣很有可能會轉涼,帶件外衣吧。➤keep sth使某物保持涼度◇Try to keep the drinks cool.盡量讓飲料保持涼度。ADVERB➤very非常涼▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒凉;略有些涼▸➤fairly, quite, rather比較涼;有點兒涼;相當涼➤relatively相對涼爽◇It was a relatively cool night.那是一個相對涼爽的夜晚。➤completely涼透◇Wait until the cake is completely cool before cutting.等蛋糕徹底冷卻後再切。➤deliciously, pleasantly, refreshingly, wonderfully涼爽舒適;涼爽愜意◇The cave was refreshingly cool.這岩洞涼爽得讓人神清氣爽。➤surprisingly, unseasonably, unusually出奇地涼爽;反常地涼快◇The weather that June was unseasonably cool.那年的六月,天氣反常地涼爽。cool
adjective²
2calm平靜VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESVERBS➤appear, be, look看似從容;冷靜;顯得沉着▸➤keep, remain, stay保持冷靜◇She managed to stay cool during the meeting.在會議期間,她設法保持冷靜。➤act, play it (informal) 沉着應付;冷靜行事◇He forced himself to count to ten and act cool.他強迫自己從一數到十,好冷靜行事。◇For once I felt uncertain about my real feelings. I decided to play it cool.我平生第一次無法確定自己的真實感覺,於是便決定泰然處之。ADVERB➤very非常冷靜▸➤pretty相當沉着PREPOSITION➤about對⋯保持沉着◇She's completely cool about what happened.她對所發生的事情安之若素。➤with (NAmE, informal) 對⋯冷靜◇I knew I needed surgery, and I was cool with it.我知道自己需要動手術,我對此很冷靜。PHRASES➤cool, calm and collected平心靜氣◇He did his best to appear cool, calm and collected.他盡力使自己顯得鎮定自若。cool
adjective³
3not friendly/enthusiastic冷淡VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤act, appear, be, sound表現得冷漠;顯得冷漠;冷淡;聽起來冷漠▸➤remain保持冷淡ADVERB➤distinctly, very明顯/非常冷淡▸➤rather, somewhat比較/有點兒冷淡PREPOSITION➤about對⋯冷漠◇She was distinctly cool about their plans.她對他們的計劃漠不關心。➤towards/toward對⋯冷淡◇He was cool towards me. (BrE) 他對我很冷淡。◇I'm sorry I acted cool toward you. (NAmE) 對不起,我冷淡了你。cool
adjective⁴
4used to show approval讚許VERB + COOL | ADVERBVERB + COOL➤be很棒◇It's so cool you came back!你回來了,太棒了!➤look, sound看起來/聽起來很酷◇You look really cool in those jeans.你穿那條牛仔褲真酷!ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常時髦➤so真棒➤totally棒極了➤amazingly出奇地棒
cool noun ⇨composurecool adj. ⇨cool (She took his keys and walked out, cool as you please.)⇨calm (cool, calm and collected)⇨cold1 (in a cool dry place)⇨cold2 (a cool reception)⇨great1 (This song is really cool.)⇨pale2 (cool colours)cool verb ⇨cool (Glass contracts as it cools.)⇨relax1 (tempers cool)cool
verb
cool ♦︎ chill ♦︎ cool (sb/sth) down ♦︎ freeze ♦︎ refrigerateThese words all mean to become or make sth become cold or less warm.这些词均表示冷却或使变凉。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆chilled / frozen food◆to leave sth to / allow sth to / let sth cool / cool down◆to keep sth frozen / refrigerated■cool [intransitive, transitive] to become cool or cooler; to make sth cool or cooler(使)变凉,冷却◆Glass contracts as it cools.玻璃遇冷收缩。◆The cylinder is cooled by a jet of water.往气缸喷水使之冷却。 see also cool ⇨ coldadj.1■chill [transitive, intransitive] to make sb very cold; to make food or drink very cold without turning it to ice; (of food or drink) to become very cold without turning to ice使(人)冰冷;冷却(食物或饮料);(食物或饮料)冷藏◆They were chilled by the icy wind.凛冽的寒风吹得他们遍体冰凉。◆This wine is best served chilled.这种葡萄酒冷藏后饮用最佳。◆Let the pudding chill for an hour until set.把布丁冷却一小时直至凝固成型。■ˌcool ˈdown■ˌcool sb/sth ˈdown
phrasal verb
(ratherinformal) to become cool or cooler; to make sb/sth cool or cooler(使)变凉,冷却◆Let the charger cool down before using it again.等充电器冷却下来再使用。◆Drink plenty of cold water to cool yourself down.多喝点凉水,凉快凉快。◆Blow on it to cool it down or you'll burn your mouth.先吹凉,不然你会烫着嘴。ⓘ It is also possible, but less common, to use cool off, especially without an object.也可以用cool off,尤其是不带宾语时,但较少见◆We cooled off with a swim in the lake.我们在湖里游泳凉快了一下。NOTE辨析 Cool or cool (sb/sth) down?Cool down is slightly more informal than cool, and is used more in spoken English. Cool down is used more often than cool with myself, yourself, himself, etc. * cool down比cool稍不正式,多用于口语。cool down比cool更常与myself、yourself、himself等反身代词搭配◆How about a swim to cool ourselves down?我们去游泳凉快一下如何?Use cool in technical language or when talking about a process or system.在专业用语或谈及过程或系统时要用cool◆The cylinder is cooled down by a jet of water.■freeze(froze, frozen) [intransitive, transitive] to be very cold or so cold that you die; to keep food at a very low temperature in order to preserve it; (of food) to be able to be preserved in this way极冷;冻僵;冷冻贮藏;(食物)可冷冻贮藏◆Every time she opens the window we all freeze.每次她开窗户,我们都冻得要死。◆Two men froze to death on the mountain.两个男子在山上冻死了。◆These meals are ideal for home freezing.这些餐食很适合家庭冷冻保存。◆Some fruits freeze better than others.有些水果比其他的适宜冷冻保存。OPPmelt,thaw,defrost ⇨ melt see also freezing,frozen ⇨ freezing■refrigerate rɪˈfrɪdʒəreɪt [transitive, often passive] (formal) to keep sth, especially food, cold in order to keep it fresh冷藏保鲜(食物)◆Once opened, this product should be kept refrigerated.本产品开封后应冷藏。cool
adjective
cool ♦︎ brazen ♦︎ shameless ♦︎ presumptuous ♦︎ unabashed ♦︎ unashamedThese words describe sb who is very confident or feels no embarrassment, often in a way that does not show respect or that other people find shocking.这些词均表示孤傲冷漠的、厚颜无耻的、自以为是的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆brazen / presumptuous of sb◆a brazen / shameless display◆in a shameless / presumptuous way◆unabashed / unashamed luxury■cool (ratherinformal) calm and confident in a way that lacks respect for other people, but makes people admire you as well as disapprove孤傲冷漠的;满不在乎的◆ (BrE) She just took his keys and walked out with them, cool as you please.她拿了他的钥匙就走了,你看这胆子有多大。■brazen ˈbreɪzn (disapproving) open and not feeling ashamed, usually about sth that people find shocking厚颜无耻的◆She's known for her own brand of brazen sexuality.她自成一格大胆无耻的性行为是众所周知的。◆I can't believe anyone would be so brazen about something like that.我真不敢相信有人会对那种事这么厚颜无耻。▸brazenly
adverb
◆She brazenly admitted cheating.她恬不知耻地承认了欺骗的行为。■shameless (disapproving) feeling or showing no shame about sth, although other people think you should无耻的;没廉耻的;不要脸的◆It was a shameless display of greed.显示出来的是无耻的贪婪。OPPashamed ⇨ sorry see also shame ⇨ guilt■presumptuous prɪˈzʌmptʃuəs [not usually before noun] (disapproving) too confident, in a way that shows a lack of respect for other people自负的;冒昧的;放肆的◆Isn't it rather presumptuous of you to decide what he needs?他需要什么得你来定,这难道不是自以为是吗?ⓘ Someone is presumptuous if they think that they know what sb else feels, thinks, wants or needs when they really have no reason or right to do so. * presumptuous可形容某人自认为明白他人的感受、想法、打算或需求,但实际上根本不应该或无权这样妄断。 see also presume ⇨ dare■unabashed ˌʌnəˈbæʃt (written) not ashamed, embarrassed or affected by people's disapproval, when other people would be不在乎的;不觉羞耻的;不难为情的◆I rather liked her unabashed frankness.我很喜欢她毫不掩饰的坦率。◆The ruling classes live in unabashed luxury.统治阶层毫不顾忌地过着奢华的生活。OPPashamed ⇨ sorry■unashamednot ashamed or embarrassed about sth, especially when other people would be不觉羞耻的;不难为情的;恬不知耻的◆She would have been quite unashamed if anyone had caught her.即使被逮住,她也丝毫不会觉得难为情的。OPPashamed ⇨ sorry see also shame ⇨ guiltNOTE辨析 Shameless, unabashed or unashamed?Shameless is the most disapproving of these words; unashamed is usually neither approving nor disapproving; unabashed is sometimes even admiring. * shameless在这些词中贬义最重;unashamed通常是中性词;unabashed有时甚至带有欣赏的成分。