Name: 5分鐘學會 6 種「cool」的超實用用法！ (6 ways to use 'cool' in 5 minutes)
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我大概懂「酷」這個字的意思，但是

情態助動詞 A2

what are all of the different meanings of the word cool and how can I use them?

「酷」這個字到底有什麼不同的意思，我該怎麼用呢？

And I want to explain a little bit about the different ways that we use this word cool, because it's really common.

我想稍微解釋一下我們使用「酷」這個字的不同方式，因為它真的很常用。

So the one that you probably know is fashionable, not fashion.

所以你可能知道的意思是「時髦的」，不是「時尚」。

About your personality, the way that you behave, your style.

關於你的個性、你的行為、你的風格有關。

It could be about the way that you dress your clothes.

也可能跟你的穿著、你的衣服有關。

When did it first mean, like, fashionable, do you think?

你覺得它什麼時候開始有「時髦」的意思的？

Oddly enough, it was the year Hitler came to power, 1933.

說來也奇怪，就在希特勒掌權的那一年，1933年。

The basic meaning of the word cool is about temperature.

「cool」這個詞最基本的意思跟溫度有關。

Maybe it's about a drink that has ice in it and it's very cool and refreshing.

也許是關於一杯有冰塊，而且很酷、很清爽的飲料。

And it's very common to use cool to mean interesting, really interesting, great or good, depending on how you use it.

而且我們很常說 cool 是有趣、真的很有趣、很棒或很好的意思，看你怎麼用。

So if something is really interesting, you might say, oh, wow, cool.

所以如果某件事真的很酷，你可能會說，哇，酷。

Or if something is really great, you can say that as well.

或者如果某件事真的很棒，你也可以這樣說。

It just means it's really good or really interesting.

它只是表示它真的很棒或很有趣。

But we can also use it for something that's just good.

但我們也可以用它來形容某件只是好的事情。

If you hear about something, maybe someone got a promotion, you can say, oh, that's cool, that's cool.

如果你聽到某件事，也許有人升遷了，你就可以說，喔，那很酷，那很酷。

So it can be used at different levels depending on how you say it.

所以它可以根據你說話的語氣，在不同的層次上使用。

我是一名外科醫生，不是精神科醫生。

我是一名醫生，不是煤礦工人。

One of the ways that I usually use the word cool is as a reply, and

我平常說「酷」的一個用法是當作回應，

it doesn't really have a clear meaning there.

It's usually used in a conversation when someone says something.

通常是在對話中，當有人說了什麼話。

You can say cool, and that maybe takes you to the next thing in the conversation.

你就可以說「酷」，然後這也許會讓對話繼續下去。

Somebody tells me, I bought some roller skates today.

有人告訴我，我今天買了溜冰鞋。

And I expect maybe they're going to keep talking about that.

我預期他們可能會繼續講下去。

Cool can also be used when you're calm under pressure.

當你在壓力下保持冷靜時，也可以用「酷」這個詞。

For someone who's really calm in a crazy situation, all of the animals are escaping from the zoo, lions and tigers running around chasing people, and

對於在瘋狂情況下非常冷靜的人，所有動物都從動物園逃出來了，獅子和老虎到處跑追著人，

everyone is ahh, trying to either run away from them or catch them.

大家都在啊，試圖逃離牠們或抓住牠們。

And this is more common recently, especially when we want to check to see if the relationship we have with other people is still okay.

而且最近更常用，特別是當我們想確認跟別人的關係是不是還好。

Maybe you did something which made another person a little bit angry and you apologize to them later and then you want to make sure that everything's okay.

也許你做了什麼讓別人有點生氣，你之後跟他們道歉，然後你想確定一切都沒事。

所以你就會說，嘿，我們還好嗎？

所以他們可能會說，對啊，我們還好。

So that means our relationship is still good.

所以這表示我們的關係還是好的。

So those are the most common ways to use the word cool.

所以這些是「cool」最常見的用法。

Just to review, cool could be temperature, a little bit cold, right?

複習一下，「cool」可以是溫度，有點冷的感覺，對吧？

Cool could also be about being fashionable, your clothes, style or your behavior.

「Cool」也可以是關於時髦的，你的穿著、風格或你的行為。

Cool could be about something that's great or good or interesting.

「Cool」可以是關於很棒、很好或很有趣的事物。

We can say, oh, cool, that's really cool.

我們可以說，喔，酷，這真的很酷。