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語源

From cool +‎ headed, thus "having a cool head."

形容詞

coolheaded (comparative more coolheaded, superlative most coolheaded)

1. Having an even temper; calm and collected
   • 1921, Edison Marshall, “The Heart of Little Shikara”, in O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921‎:

     There had been none among them coolheaded enough to reason out which trail he had likely taken, and thus look for him by the ford.

   • 1996 August 30, Jeffrey Felshman, “How to Win Enemies and Influence People”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     The heated rhetoric masked a more coolheaded strategy.

   • 2007 March 25, Liesl Schillinger, “The Evolution of a City, in Words and Pictures”, in New York Times‎:

     Some essays are coolheaded, some shake with hysteria, some are memoirish, others didactic.

反意語

• hotheaded
• reckless

派生語

形容詞

cool-headed (comparative more cool-headed, superlative most cool-headed)

1. Calm and imperturbable, especially under pressure.

   Synonyms: even-keeled, even-tempered, level-headed; see also Thesaurus:calm

   • 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:

     The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.

派生語

• cool-headedness

関連する語

• cool head
• cool heads will prevail