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lull v.使安静；使入睡；哄骗；平息n.暂停；间歇 (1) 母亲哄着孩子入睡了。(2) 他们哄骗我，让我产生了一种虚假的安全感。(3) 夜里，风停了。(4) 这只是暴风雨前的暂时平静。(5) 现在的间歇很可能是正放暑假的缘故。 The noun lull is often used in relation to a storm, but the term has a broader meaning as well. Lull can be used to describe any temporary period of calm or diminished activity, like the quiet time before the lunch rush in a restaurant or the brief period of tranquility before the doors open for a pre-Christmas sale. The word's verb form means "to soothe or to make someone feel relaxed." When used as a verb lull can turn deceptive, and it is often used to convey a false sense of security.

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英 [lʌl] 美 [lʌl] (1) The mother lulled the baby to sleep.(2) They lulled me into a false sense of security.(3) During the night the wind lulled.(4) This is just the lull before the storm.(5) Most probably, the lull is due to the summer holidays. See lull, think "calm." It could be the noun form (like "the lull before the storm") or the verb: one can lull someone by calming them (as in lulling a baby to sleep with a lullaby). 1[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.   [oft N in n]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2[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.   [be V-ed into n/-ing]  [V-ed]  [Also V n into n/-ing]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。3[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.   [V n]  [V n into/to n]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。4[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.   [v-link PHR]

英语单词	lull
英美音标	英 [lʌl] 美 [lʌl]
中文释义	v.使安静；使入睡；哄骗；平息 n.暂停；间歇
英语例句	(1) The mother lulled the baby to sleep. (2) They lulled me into a false sense of security. (3) During the night the wind lulled. (4) This is just the lull before the storm. (5) Most probably, the lull is due to the summer holidays.
中文例句	(1) 母亲哄着孩子入睡了。 (2) 他们哄骗我，让我产生了一种虚假的安全感。 (3) 夜里，风停了。 (4) 这只是暴风雨前的暂时平静。 (5) 现在的间歇很可能是正放暑假的缘故。
vocabulary简明	See lull, think "calm." It could be the noun form (like "the lull before the storm") or the verb: one can lull someone by calming them (as in lulling a baby to sleep with a lullaby).
vocabulary扩展	The noun lull is often used in relation to a storm, but the term has a broader meaning as well. Lull can be used to describe any temporary period of calm or diminished activity, like the quiet time before the lunch rush in a restaurant or the brief period of tranquility before the doors open for a pre-Christmas sale. The word's verb form means "to soothe or to make someone feel relaxed." When used as a verb lull can turn deceptive, and it is often used to convey a false sense of security.
柯林斯解释	1 [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. [oft N in n] 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 2 [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. [be V-ed into n/-ing] [V-ed] [Also V n into n/-ing] 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。 3 [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. [V n] [V n into/to n] 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。 4 [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. [v-link PHR]

Lull Calm Lulled Period Ed False Sense Feel