【cool音标】 英[ku:l] 美[ku:l]
【单词释义】 cool是什么意思：
adj. 凉的；凉爽的；凉快的；冷静的；一流的；孤傲冷漠的；酷的
vt.&vi.（使）变凉；（使）冷静，使冷却；变凉，冷却；平息
n.凉气，凉快的地方；凉爽，凉爽的空气
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] cools [第三人称单数] cools
[单词现在分词] cooling
[单词过去式] cooled
[单词过去分词] cooled
[比较级] cooler [最高级] coolest
【cool形近词/近似词】
fool n.愚人，傻瓜 vt.愚弄，欺骗 adj. 愚蠢的；傻的
school n.学校，学院 v.训练；教育；培养
tool n.工具；器具；用具 v.用工具给…加工；驱车兜风
retool v. 更换工具；重新装备；重组；革新
drool v. 流口水；垂涎
pool n.水池；池塘(自然形成的) vi.使形成池塘或水洼；集中资源(或材料等)
stool n.凳子，高脚凳；大便，粪便 v.长出新枝；排便
wool n.[U]羊毛；毛线；绒线；[C]毛织品
【单词例句】
◇ One day, the king' s daughter went into the forest when it was very hot. She sat down on the side of the cool fountain. Then she began to toss a golden ball in the air, and catch it. It was a most interesting game to her.
有一天，天气很热，国王的小女儿到森林里去。她坐在清凉的喷水池旁边。然后她开始往空中抛金球，再把它接住。对她来说，这是非常有趣的游戏。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ As for the burn, she used scissors to remove his sleeve, poured a basin of cold water over the burn to cool it and put her hands on a damp blouse to cover his swollen tissue tightly.
对于烧伤，她用剪刀剪去他的袖子，倒了一盆凉水给烧伤位置降温，并找来一件湿的女式衬衫紧紧盖住他肿胀的皮肤组织。
---- First Aid
◇ The star is 40% cooler than our sun and only about a third of the sun's mass and size. A study describing the three planets was published this week in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
这颗恒星的温度比太阳低40%，质量和体积只有太阳的三分之一左右。一项描述这三颗行星的研究本周发表在《天文学与天体物理学》期刊上。
---- NASA finds potentially habitable super-Earth
◇ If you're looking to cool your jets and relax, one of the most calming colors to be surrounded by, according to a global survey from paper merchant G F Smith and psychologists at the University of Sussex, UK is navy blue, closely followed by teal-like turquoise, and soft pastel pink.
据造纸商G·F·史密斯以及英国萨塞克斯大学心理学家的一项全球调查，如果你想冷静放松下来，海军蓝是最好的选择，其次是蓝绿色和柔粉色。
---- What is the world's most relaxing color?
◇ While you might be tempted to reach for a cold drink to help cool you down in such hot weather, surprisingly hot drinks such as teas and coffees may actually be more effective.
在这样的大热天，你也许很想喝杯冷饮来凉快一下，但令人惊讶的是，茶和咖啡等热饮可能对解暑更有效。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ "Our impact on the climate is tied up with population in lots of different ways — what resources people are using, how much industrial production is going on, how much energy is needed for heating, cooling and transportation," Amy Snover, director of the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group, said. "All of these things affect greenhouse gas emissions, so the more people we have and the more resources we use, the harder it will be to cope with the risks and impacts of climate change."
华盛顿大学气候影响小组主任艾米·斯诺弗说：“我们对气候的影响在很多方面都与人口息息相关。人们使用了什么资源，在进行多少工业生产，需要多少能源用于取暖、制冷和运输。所有这些都影响到温室气体的排放，所以人口越多，使用的资源越多，就越难以应对气候变化的风险和影响。”
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ Summer is coming. When those days come, every second you spend outside feels like a dehydrating walk through the sauna. But don’t sweat. There are ways to cool your body down without resorting to a portable AC unit.
酷夏即将来临。当最热的时候到来时，在室外的每一秒都像是桑拿屋里的脱水之旅。但是别紧张，总有让你不用便携空调也能保持身体凉爽的方法。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ While her colleagues still socialise during the work day, the office space is quieter and more concentrated, and "water-cooler chats" are briefer. "I am feeling significantly better equipped when I begin the work week now." she says.
尽管她的同事们仍然会在工作日进行一些社交活动，但是办公室变得安静了，人们工作时的注意力更集中了，办公室里的闲聊时间也变短了。她说：“现在当我开始一周的工作时，我感觉自己精力更充沛了。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ The commonsense notion that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling.
认为最好的冰箱应该防止冰的融化这样一个普遍的观点显然是错误的，因为正是冰的融化起了制冷作用。