cool
US: /ˈkuɫ/
UK: /kˈuːl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cool /ku:l/- tính từ
- mát mẻ, mát; hơi lạnh, nguội
- it's getting cool: trời trở mát
- to leave one's soup to get cool: để xúp nguội bớt
- trầm tĩnh, điềm tĩnh, bình tĩnh
- to keep cool; to keep a cool head: giữ bình tĩnh, điềm tĩnh
- lãn đạm, nhạt nhẽo, thờ ơ, không sốt sắng, không nhiệt tình, không mặn mà, không đằm thắm
- to be cool toward someone: lãnh đạm với ai
- to give someone a cool reception: tiếp đãi ai nhạt nhẽo
- trơ tráo, mặt dạn mày dày, không biết xấu hổ, không biết ngượng
- I call that cool!: tớ cho thế là mặt dạn mày dày
- a cool hand (card, customer, fish): thằng cha trơ tráo, thằng cha không biết xấu hổ
- (thông tục) tròn, gọn (một số tiền)
- it cost me a cool thousand: tớ phải giả đứt đi tròn một nghìn đồng
- as cool as a cucumber
- bình tĩnh, không hề nao núng
- mát mẻ, mát; hơi lạnh, nguội
- danh từ
- khí mát
- the cool of the evening: khí mát buổi chiều
- chỗ mát mẻ
- khí mát
- động từ
- làm mát, làm nguội, trở mát, nguội đi
- làm mát, làm giảm (nhiệt tình...); nguôi đi
- to cool one's anger: nguôi giận
- to cool one's enthusian: giảm nhiệt tình
- to cool down
- nguôi đi, bình tĩnh lại
- to cool off
- nguội lạnh đi, giảm đi (nhiệt tình)
- to cool one's heels
- (xem) heel
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, verb, noun+ adjective (cooler, coolest)
fairly cold
1 fairly cold; not hot or warm: a cool breeze / drink / climate + Cooler weather is forecast for the weekend. + Let's sit in the shade and keep cool. + Store lemons in a cool dry place.
colours
2 making you feel pleasantly cool: a room painted in cool greens and blues
calm
3 calm; not excited, angry or emotional: Keep cool! + She tried to remain cool, calm and collected (= calm). + He has a cool head (= he stays calm in an emergency).
not friendly / enthusiastic
4 not friendly, interested or enthusiastic: She was decidedly cool about the proposal. + He has been cool towards me ever since we had that argument. + They gave the Prime Minister a cool reception. + Her voice was cool and dismissive.
approving
5 (informal) used to show that you admire or approve of something because it is fashionable, attractive and often different: You look pretty cool with that new haircut. + It's a cool movie.
6 (spoken) people say Cool! or That's cool to show that they approve of sth or agree to a suggestion: 'We're meeting Jake for lunch and we can go on the yacht in the afternoon.' 'Cool!'
confident
7 (informal) calm and confident in a way that lacks respect for other people, but makes people admire you as well as disapprove: She just took his keys and walked out with them, cool as you please. + He was a cool customer. No one would think to look for him in a city where he'd been arrested for killing a cop.
money
8 [only before noun] used about a sum of money to emphasize how large it is: The car cost a cool thirty thousand.
fine
9 used to say that sth is acceptable and not a problem for you: 'Can you come at 10.30 tomorrow?' 'That's cool.' + (especially AmE, spoken) I was surprised by her promotion, but I'm cool with it.
See also -
Idioms: (as) cool as a cucumber very calm and controlled, especially in a difficult situation
play it cool (informal) to deal with a situation in a calm way: For once I felt uncertain about blurting out my real feelings. I decided to play it cool.
+ verb
become colder
1 to become or to make sb/sth become cool or cooler: [V] Glass contracts as it cools. + Melt the chocolate and allow it to cool slightly. + [VN] The cylinder is cooled by a jet of water. + The evening breeze cooled her face.
become calmer
2 [V] to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic: I think we should wait until tempers have cooled. + Relations between them have definitely cooled (= they are not as friendly with each other as they were).
Idioms: cool it! (informal) used to tell sb to be calmer and less excited or angry: Hey! Cool it! Don't get so excited!
cool your heels (informal) to have to wait for sb/sth
Phrasal Verbs: cool down / off
1 to become cool or cooler: We cooled off with a swim in the lake.
2 to become calm, less excited or less enthusiastic: I think you should wait until she's cooled down a little.
cool sb<->down / off
1 to make sb feel cooler: Drink plenty of cold water to cool yourself down.
2 to make sb calm, less excited or less enthusiastic: A few hours in a police cell should cool him off.
cool sth<->down / off to make sth cool or cooler
+ noun (the cool) [sing.] cool air or a cool place: the cool of the evening
Idioms: keep your cool (informal) to remain calm in a difficult situation: He kept his cool on the convention floor when he was heckled by a young Republican.
lose your cool (informal) to become angry or excited: I lost my cool and shouted at them.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 chilly, chill, chilling, cooling, unheated; chilled, cold, refreshing, fresh:
It's rather cool outside today. I'd prefer some cool lemonade.
2 calm, serene, collected, level-headed, quiet, unexcited, unemotional, undisturbed, unexcitable, unruffled, unflappable, cool-headed, relaxed, controlled, under control, self-possessed, self-controlled, unperturbed, phlegmatic, composed, imperturbable:
He remains cool even in a crisis.
3 dispassionate, cold, cold-blooded, emotionless, deliberate, cold-hearted, calculated, wilful, premeditated, purposeful, purposive:
It was clearly the cool act of a professional criminal.
4 uninvolved, distant, remote, aloof, detached, removed, uninterested, unconcerned, unsympathetic, apathetic, cold, cold-hearted, cold-blooded:
How can you be so cool where human lives are concerned?
5 lukewarm, distant, uncordial, unfriendly, unsociable, unapproachable, standoffish, forbidding, unwelcoming, cold, frigid:
After the affair, she was distinctly cool towards him.
6 bold, audacious, brazen, overconfident, presumptuous, shameless, unabashed, impertinent, impudent, insolent:
I cannot account for the cool way he insulted his host.
n.
7 coolness, chill, chilliness, Colloq coolth:
I shall have a sherry to ward off the cool of the evening.
8 aplomb, poise, sedateness, control, self-control, composure, sang-froid:
He really lost his cool when she told him he was a lousy driver.
v.
9 chill, refrigerate, ice:
Cool the pudding before serving.
10 diminish, reduce, lessen, abate, moderate:
Her interest quickly cooled when she discovered he was married.
Collocation
1 fairly cold
VERBS
be, feel, look
The forest looked cool and shady.
| become, get
It will probably get cool later, so bring a coat.
| keep sth
Try to keep the drinks cool.
ADV.
very | fairly, quite, rather | beautifully, blissfully, deliciously, pleasantly, refreshingly, wonderfully
The temple was light, spacious and blissfully cool.
2 calm
VERBS
appear, be, look | keep, remain, stay
She managed to stay cool during the meeting.
| act, play it
(informal) He forced himself to count to ten and act cool. For once I felt uncertain about my real feelings. I decided to play it cool.
ADV.
very | completely | pretty | professionally
Professionally cool, she went back to her patient.
PHRASES
cool, calm and collected
He did his best to appear cool, calm and collected.
3 not friendly/enthusiastic
VERBS
appear, be, sound | remain
ADV.
distinctly, very | rather, somewhat
PREP.
about
She was distinctly cool about their plans.
| towards
He was cool towards me.
Concise dictionary
cools|cooled|cooling|cooler|coolestkuːlnoun
+the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature
+great coolness and composure under strain
verb
+make cool or cooler
+loose heat
+lose intensity
adj.
+neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat
+marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
+(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets
+psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike
+(used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or qualification
+fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept
