cooling
 冷卻(a.)冷卻的


 cooling
 冷卻


 cooling
 自次式


 cooling
 冷卻


 Cool, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cooled p. pr. & vb. n. Cooling.]
 1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
    Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.   --Luke xvi. 24.
 2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
    We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.   --Shak.
 To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.]


 Cool·ing p. a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. “The cooling brook.”
 Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.]
 Cooling time Law, such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked.

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 cooling
      n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
           chilling, temperature reduction]
      2: a mechanism for keeping something cool; "the cooling was
         overhead fans" [syn: cooling system]