冷卻

冷却
lěngquè
to cool (lit. and fig.)

CEDICT

to cool; to cool down

Wiktionary

  1. 使物體釋出熱量，而降低溫度。
  2. 對事物的興趣減低。

重編國語辭典

  1. 使物體釋出熱量，從而降低溫度
  2. 對事物的興趣、熱情減低

維基詞典

Examples

金属冷却的时候会收缩。

Metals contract when they cool.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 冷 lěng cold
2 卻 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though

Containing this entry

冷卻劑 lěngquèjì coolant
冷卻塔 lěngquètǎ cooling tower
冷卻水 lěngquèshuǐ cooling water (in a reactor)
冷卻期 lěngquèqī

Related entries

趨冷 qūlěng (of economic activity, international relations etc) to cool