Coolness

(noun.) fearless self-possession in the face of danger.

(noun.) calm and unruffled self-assurance; 'he performed with all the coolness of a veteran'.

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• With perfect coolness Holmes slipped across to the safe, filled his two arms with bundles of letters, and poured them all into the fire. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• She lured me to leave this den and follow her forth into dew, coolness, and glory. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There had been a coolness between myself and Small on account of his being so close. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He is possessed of excellent judgment, great coolness and honesty, but he is not good on a pursuit. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• What with his coolness and his soldierly bearing, he looked far more like the prison guard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There was a coolness about all this, which, to a gentleman of an excitable temperament, had, under the circumstances, rather an exasperating tendency. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He floundered in his conversation with the ladies, his neighbours: George's coolness only rendering him more angry. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She spoke with coolness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• No--excuse me--I shall not, said Sir James, with more coolness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I bared my head to the rushing wind, which bathed my brow in delightful coolness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• My feelings are profound; but I possessed a coolness of judgment that fitted me for illustrious achievements. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I feel gratefully the coolness and shadiness and quiet of the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• As for me, I took it with entire coolness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And yet a coolness grows between Miss Shepherd and myself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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