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词汇 cool down
释义
Idiom
cool off and cool down
Theme: COOL
to lose or reduce heat.
I wish my soup would cool off. I'm hungry.It'll cool down this evening, after dusk.
Idiom
cool off and cool down
Theme: ANGER - RELEASE
to let one's anger die away.
I'm sorry I got angry. I'll cool off in a minute.Cool off, Tom. There is no sense getting so excited.

Slang
cool down
Theme: CALM
in. to calm down.
Now, just cool down. Chill, chill. Everything's gonna be real cool.When things cool down around here, life will be much more liveable.
Idiom
cool down
to stop feeling angry.
After the girls were kept apart for a while, tempers cooled down and the shouting stopped.I was really angry, so I left the house and took a walk to cool off.

Phr V
cool down
cools, cooling, cooled
cool down/off (sb/sth) or cool (sb/sth) down/off
to become cooler, or to make someone or something cooler
She waited until her coffee had cooled down before taking a sip.We went for a swim to cool off.He put his feet in a bucket of ice to cool them down.
to become calmer, or to make someone or something become calmer
Just leave her to cool off and then talk to her.The trial was delayed by six months to allow racial tensions in the city to cool down.They threw him in jail for a few days to cool him off.
cool down/off (sth) or cool (sth) down/off
to stop developing or increasing, or to make something stop developing or increasing
Trade among the European partners cooled off in 1990.Higher tax should cool down the stock market.
cool down
verb to calm down UK, 1882
phrasecool down1. cool downcool sb/sth downcool down sb/sth to become cool or cooler, or to make something or someone cool or cooler: We jumped into the swimming pool to cool down. Let the engine cool down, and then put some water in the radiator. Is your tea too hot? Do you want some more milk to cool it down? SIMILAR TO: cool off2. cool downcool down sbcool sb down to become calm after feeling angry, or to make someone calm: Perhaps when they have had time to cool down and think about it, they will reconsider. McKim lost his temper so badly that he punched his friend George, who was trying to cool him down. SIMILAR TO: calm down, cool off3. cool downcool down sthcool sth down to stop developing or increasing, or to stop something from developing or increasing: Greenspan raised interest rates last month to cool down the US economy and make it more expensive for businesses and consumers to borrow money.

cool down

1. verb Literally, to become cooler in temperature. The brownies just came out of the oven and need to cool down before we can eat them. When it's hot out, the cat tries to cool down by sitting directly in front of the air conditioner.
2. verb To cause something to become cooler in temperature. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cool" and "down." A: "Why is there an ice cube in your soup?" B: "I'm trying to cool it down!" Make sure you cool down the broccoli in ice water after you boil it.
3. verb To calm down, typically from anger. Don't talk to your mother like that! Go to your room and cool down! I'm sorry for my outburst—I just need some time to cool down.
4. verb To cause someone to become calmer. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "cool" and "down." If you insist on talking to your mother that way, I think a punishment is the only thing that will cool you down. That break seemed to cool down James—he's no longer yelling at the staff.
5. verb To become less intensely passionate. I think they just broke up because things had cooled down between them.
6. verb To slow down in preparation for the end of an exercise routine or vigorous activity. Near the end of class, the instructor has us cool down by riding our bikes at a slower pace.
7. noun The slower part of an exercise routine or vigorous activity that precedes its ending. In this usage, the phrase is often written as one word. Is it time for the cooldown yet? I can barely breathe!

cool someone down

 and cool someone off 
1. Lit. to cool someone by reducing the heat or applying something cold. Here, have a cold drink. Cool yourself down. The ice finally cooled down the feverish child. We need to cool off the pudding in a hurry.
2. Fig. to reduce someone's anger. (Reducing the "heat" of anger.) I just stared at him while he was yelling. I knew that would cool him down. The coach talked to them for a long time. That cooled them off.
3. Fig. to reduce someone's passion or love. (Reducing the "heat" of passion.) When she slapped him, that really cooled him down. Seeing Mary was too intense, so Bill cooled himself off by breaking it off for a while.

cool down

Also, cool off.
1. Effect a lower temperature, especially of the body following vigorous exercise. For example, After a race the coach makes the entire team do stretches to cool down, or Let's take a dip to cool off. These phrases date from a.d. 1000 with reference to the weather or cooking (as in First let the eggs cool off). The first gained renewed currency with the exercise boom of the late 1900s.
2. See cool off, def. 2.

cool down

v.
1. To become cooler: We sat in the shade to cool down. As soon as the pie cools down, we can eat it.
2. To make something cooler: She cooled down her coffee with an ice cube. He turned on the fan to cool the room down.
3. To gradually relax after a period of physical exertion: We walked around the track to cool down after our two-mile run.
4. To become less angry or contentious: Let's discuss this after you cool down a bit.
5. To cause someone or something to become less angry or contentious: The mediator cooled down the disputing parties. The principal cooled the angry students down.

cool down

in. to calm down. Now, just cool down. Chill, chill. Everything’s gonna be real cool.
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