be cool to/towards sb
介词 to 或 towards 均可，后接人，表示对其不热情、不友好。
She was cool towards me at the party.
她在聚会上对我很冷淡。
冷静的；沉着的；冷淡的；不热情的；冷色调的；偏冷的；整整的（用于强调金额大）；温度稍低的；凉爽的
Moderately cold; pleasantly low in temperature.
温度稍低的；凉爽的
Of a mildly low temperature.
使人凉爽的；消暑的
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
(颜色)冷色调的(从紫到绿)
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
冷静的；沉着的
Not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
冷淡的；不热情的；怀疑的
Unenthusiastic; lukewarm; skeptical.
戏谑地指一大笔钱,强调数额巨大
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
The water in the lake is cool and refreshing.
湖里的水凉爽宜人。
用法提示：cool 作为形容词，表示温度适中的凉爽
After the hot sun, we sat in the cool shade of the tree.
烈日之后，我们坐在凉爽的树荫下。
用法提示：cool 修饰 shade，指使人感到凉快的树荫
I prefer a cool breeze over still air when it's humid.
潮湿时，我更喜欢凉爽的微风而不是静止的空气。
用法提示：cool 描述 breeze，指带来凉意的微风
介词 to 或 towards 均可，后接人，表示对其不热情、不友好。
She was cool towards me at the party.
她在聚会上对我很冷淡。
keep cool 与 stay cool 意思相同，都指遇事保持冷静、不慌乱，cool 在此作表语形容词。
Try to keep cool during the interview.
面试时尽量保持冷静。
作定语直接放在名词前，形容温度稍低、给人凉爽舒适的感觉。
A cool breeze blew through the window.
一阵凉风从窗户吹进来。
cooler 是 cool 的比较级，后接 than 引出比较对象。
This room is cooler than the hallway.
这个房间比走廊凉爽。
grammar · medium
易错句子The weather cool today.
正确表达The weather is cool today.
英语里形容词作表语时前面必须加系动词 be；汉语“今天天气凉爽”没有系动词，学习者直译时容易漏掉 is。补上 is 后，句子才符合“主语 + be + 形容词”的结构。
grammar · medium
易错句子I caught a cool last night.
正确表达I caught a cold last night.
表示“感冒、着凉”的固定搭配是 catch a cold，这里 cold 是名词；cool 只表示“凉爽”，没有“生病”的意思，不能用来替换。改成 cold 才能表达“感冒”。
grammar · medium
易错句子This room is more cooler than that one.
正确表达This room is cooler than that one.
cool 的比较级是 cooler，前面不能再加 more；汉语形容词没有比较级变化，学习者容易在已经变形的比较级前再加 more，形成双重比较级这一错误形式。删去 more 即可。
凉爽的微风
A cool breeze came in from the sea.
一阵凉爽的微风从海边吹来。
冷色调
Green and blue are cool colors.
绿色和蓝色是冷色调。
保持冷静
It is important to keep cool during an emergency.
在紧急情况下保持冷静很重要。
冷遇；冷淡的接待
Her proposal received a cool reception.
她的提议遭到了冷遇。
整整一百万（强调数额大）
He paid a cool million for the painting.
他买那幅画竟花了整整一百万。
常与 cool 搭配，形容凉爽的微风。
凉爽话题中常与 cool 一起出现，如 cool shade。
与降温、冰凉感觉相关的常见事物。
描述 cool 带来的舒适清凉感受。
制造凉爽环境的常见设施，常与 cool 相关。
镇定自若；非常冷静
Despite the shouting, she remained as cool as a cucumber.
尽管有人大喊大叫，她依然镇定自若。
保持冷静
He managed to keep his cool during the interview.
他在面试中设法保持了冷静。
冷静点；别激动
Cool it, you two – there's no need to shout.
你们俩冷静点，没必要大喊大叫。
酷。酷酷酷。
Abed from the TV show Community says 'Cool. Cool cool cool.' to show he's taking in information, and fans now repeat it online.
美剧《社区》里的阿贝德说“酷。酷酷酷。”来表示他正在接收信息，如今粉丝们会在网上重复这句话。
酷故事，兄弟。
People write 'Cool story, bro.' in online comments to mock a long or boastful story, and it is a well-known meme on Reddit and Twitch.
人们在网上评论时打出“酷故事，兄弟”来嘲讽冗长或吹嘘的故事，这是 Reddit 和 Twitch 上的知名梗。
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