“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”

——Thomas Jefferson, Third U.S. President

「在所有情況下永遠(yuǎn)保持冷靜且不受影響,可以帶給一個(gè)人莫大的優(yōu)勢?!?/p>

——湯瑪斯?杰佛遜 (美國第三任總統(tǒng))

一、你知道cool有幾種含義嗎?

adj.

1.涼的,不熱的,涼快的,涼爽的 fairly cold; not hot or warm

The cool water of the lake invites us to swim.

清涼的湖水吸引我們?nèi)ビ斡尽?/p>

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2.冷靜的,沉著的,泰然自若的,坦然接受的,心平氣和的 calm; not excited, angry or emotional

He was always a cool man, nothing could disturb his serenity.

他永遠(yuǎn)是個(gè)冷靜的人,沒有什么事可以打擾他的平靜。

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3.冷漠的,冷淡的,不友善的 not friendly, interested or enthusiastic

As he faced the cool gray eyes which, effortlessly, seemed to bore into him.

他看到那雙冷淡的大眼睛似乎漫不經(jīng)心地直盯著自己的臉。

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4.冷色調(diào)的 making you feel pleasantly cool

The room is painted in cool greens and blues.

房間涂著能給人以涼爽感覺的綠色和藍(lán)色。

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n.

1.涼快,涼爽 moderately cold

The cool of the evening make me feel cosy.

夜晚的涼爽讓我感到舒服。

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2.涼爽的空氣或地方 cool air or a cool place

There were numbers of people walking in the cool.

有不少的人都出來乘涼散步。

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v.

1.(使)變涼,冷卻,降溫 [I,T] to become or to make sb / sth become cool or cooler

When water is cooled below 0 degrees Celsius, it freezes and becomes ice.

水冷卻到0攝氏度以下時(shí),凍結(jié)成冰。

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2.變淡,減弱,減少 [I,T] to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic

He is too excited, we must do something to make him cool down.

他太激動了,我們得沒法使他冷靜下來。

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二、還有哪些詞也能表示cool的意思呢?

cold, cool, chilly, frosty, freezing, icy

這些形容詞均含“冷、涼”之意。

cold最普通用詞,強(qiáng)調(diào)缺乏溫暖,使人不舒服。

cool指既不太熱也不太冷。

chilly指使哆嗦的冷。

frosty指霧氣在寒冷物體的表面凝結(jié)成薄冰時(shí)的嚴(yán)寒結(jié)霜的溫度。

freezing指使人僵直,使東西凝固的冷。

icy多指風(fēng)暴、風(fēng)雪和水等冷得使人感到如刺如割。

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三、含有cool的常見短語

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cool down

v. 1.(使)變涼 2.冷靜下來

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cool it

v. 放松下來

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cool jazz

冷漠派爵士樂

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cool off

1. 變涼;冷卻下來 2. 鎮(zhèn)靜下來;變冷淡;不再那么激動 cool sb off 1. 使感到?jīng)隹欤ɑ驔鏊?2. 使冷靜;使平靜;使冷淡 cool sth off 1. 使(某物)變涼;冷卻下來

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四、一起來做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

?The?_____ autumn wind clarified my mind.

涼爽的秋風(fēng)使我的頭腦清醒過來。