[N-COUNT 可数名词]间歇期;平静期 A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
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There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
现任总统当选之后,政治暴力进入了一段暂时的平静期。
...a lull in the conversation.
谈话中的一时沉寂
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[VERB 动词]哄骗;麻痹;使放松警惕 If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.
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It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...
很容易就会被麻痹,进而产生一种虚假的安全感。
I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter...
我错误地相信了媒体的报道只是小事一桩。
Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.
近乎持续的经济增长使许多欧洲公司误以为会好景长在。
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[VERB 动词]使安静;使昏昏欲睡 If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.
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With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...
半掩的百叶窗和宁静、通风的高大房间催我入睡,我很快便打起盹来。
The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze...
车轮呼呼地转着,他不一会儿便打起瞌睡来。
Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.
森林里的热气和嗡嗡的声音让他不知不觉便睡着了。
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[PHRASE 短语]暴风雨前的宁静 If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.
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lull/lʌl; NAmElʌl/
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lulllullslulledlullingnoun[usually singular ]lull(in sth) a quiet period between times of activity (活动间的)平静时期,间歇◆a lull in the conversation/fighting谈话╱战斗中的沉寂◆Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm(= before a time of noise or trouble).就在攻击开始前一切都变得沉寂,我们知道这只是风暴前的平静。verb1[transitive ]lullsb to make sb relaxed and calm 使放松;使镇静SYN
soothe
◆The vibration of the engine lulledthe children to sleep.发动机的颤动使得孩子们睡着了。2[transitive , intransitive ]lull(sth) to make sth, or to become, less strong (使)减弱;缓和◆His father's arrival lulled the boy's anxiety.男孩在他父亲来了后便不那么焦躁不安了。PHRASAL VERBˌlull sb ˈinto sthto make sb feel confident and relaxed, especially so that they do not expect it when sb does sth bad or dishonest 麻痹;诱使◆His friendly manner lulled her into a false sense of security(= made her feel safe with him when she should not have).他友好的举止使她产生了一种虚假的安全感。lull/lʌl; NAmElʌl/
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lull1 verb
lull2 noun
lulllull1 /lʌl/ verb [transitive]
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1to make someone feel calm or as if they want to sleep: The hum of the tyres on the road lulled her to sleep.2to make someone feel safe and confident so that they are completely surprised when something bad happenslull somebody into (doing) something The police lulled me into believing that they did not suspect us. Earthquakes here are rare and this has lulled people into a false sense of security (=made people think they were safe when they were not).
lull1 verb
lull2 noun
lulllull2 noun [countable]
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1a short period of time when there is less activity or less noise than usuallull in a brief lull in the conversation a lull in the fighting2the lull before the storm a short period of time when things are calm, that is followed by a lot of activity, noise, or trouble
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