Word · Frequency #2478
cool
凉爽；清凉
核心释义
a moderate or refreshingly low temperature, especially of the air
- 1.
适度或清爽的寒冷状态；介于热冷之间的适中气温；凉爽。
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
- 2.
清凉的特性
the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
- 3.
冷静的性情。
A calm temperament.
- 4.
在压力下的冷静与沉着
great coolness and composure under strain
- 5.
酷、流行或时尚的特性。
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
冷静；沉着；时髦；时尚；适度或清爽的寒冷状态；介于热冷之间的适中气温；凉爽。；清凉的特性；冷静的性情。
用法In use
Despite the chaos, she managed to keep her cool.
用法提示：cool作名词，意为‘冷静’，用在固定短语‘keep one's cool’中。
The cool of the evening was refreshing after a hot day.
用法提示：cool作名词，意为‘清凉’，指凉爽的空气或温度。
He lost his cool when the computer crashed for the third time.
用法提示：cool作名词，意为‘冷静’，用在短语‘lose one's cool’中表示失去自制。
the cool of early morning
keep your cool
keep one's cool
表示在压力下保持镇定、不发火；one's 随主语人称变化，如 keep my/your/his cool。
She kept her cool even when the customers complained.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- keep one's cool
- 保持冷静
- Even when the customers are rude, she manages to keep her cool.即使顾客无礼，她也设法保持冷静。
- lose one's cool
- 失去冷静；发脾气
- He lost his cool and shouted at the waiter.他失去冷静，对服务员大喊大叫。
- the cool of the evening
- 傍晚的凉爽
- We sat outside to enjoy the cool of the evening.我们坐在外面享受傍晚的凉爽。
- the cool of the shade
- 树荫下的清凉
- The dogs rested in the cool of the shade.狗在树荫下的清凉处休息。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
发音像中文“酷（kù）”：夏日凉爽、遇事冷静、穿着时髦。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：书面描写傍晚或夜间低温、口语或新闻报道中 keep your cool 表示沉着、非正式谈论时尚、音乐或潮流 名词 cool 的不同义项语体差别较大：表示“凉爽”时多用于书面或较正式的环境；表示“沉着”时常见于 keep your cool 这类搭配，多用于口语或新闻；表示“时髦”则比较常见于口语和时尚语境。整体语体视搭配和场景而定，需根据上下文判断。
语法说明Grammar Note
作为不可数名词使用，表示清凉或冷静。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words above all end with the same /ul/ sound and rhyme with "cool" (/kul/). "school", "pool", "tool", "fool" and "stool" also share the spelling chunk "ool". Be careful: "wool" (/wʊl/) looks like "cool" but has a different vowel, and "blood" (/blʌd/) has "oo" but sounds like /ʌ/; neither rhymes with "cool".
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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