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Calm Latin 14c French Greek Kauma Late Cauma

正面 5800.calm
英 [kɑːm]美 [kɑm]

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释义:
adj. 静的,平静的;沉着的vt. 使平静;使镇定vi. 平静下来;镇定下来n. 风平浪静n. (Calm)人名;(法、德)卡尔姆
例句:
1. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来使局势平定下来。

1. 小手拍一拍,大点声。
calm 冷静的词源同calorie. 原指酷暑下的安静,后指人心静,类似汉语心静自然凉的意味。
calmcalm: [14] The underlying meaning of calm seems to be not far removed from ‘siesta’. It comes ultimately from Greek kauma ‘heat’, which was borrowed into late Latin as cauma. This appears to have been applied progressively to the ‘great heat of the midday sun’, to ‘rest taken during this period’, and finally to simply ‘quietness, absence of activity’. Cauma passed into Old Italian as calma, and English seems to have got the word from Italian.calm (adj.)late 14c., from Old French calme "tranquility, quiet," traditionally from Old Italian calma, from Late Latin cauma "heat of the mid-day sun" (in Italy, a time when everything rests and is still), from Greek kauma "heat" (especially of the sun), from kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). Spelling influenced by Latin calere "to be hot." Figurative application to social or mental conditions is 16c.calm (n.)late 14c., from Old French calme, carme "stillness, quiet, tranquility," from the adjective (see calm (adj.)).calm (v.)late 14c., from Old French calmer or from calm (adj.). Related: Calmed; calming."

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