英语单词 | subside |
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英美音标 | 英 [səb'saɪd] 美 [səb'saɪd] |
中文释义 | vi.沉没;平息;下陷 |
英语例句 | (1) The hematoma will usually subside in time. (2) The storm began to subside. (3) He waited until the applause had subsided. (4) Weak foundations caused the house to subside. |
中文例句 | (1) 血肿通常随时间消逝。 (2) 风暴渐渐平息了。 (3) 他一直等到掌声平息后才继续下去。 (4) 由于地基不牢,这所房子已下陷。 |
vocabulary简明 | To subside is to die down or become less violent, like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed (or your seasickness, if you happened to be sailing on that ocean). |
vocabulary扩展 | Subside comes from the Latin prefix sub- (meaning "down") and the Latin verb sidere (meaning "to settle"). Subside is often used when a negative situation has improved significantly. For example, violence, disease, and unemployment can all subside. Here's hoping that they do. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词](感情)平息,缓和,趋于平静;(噪音)减弱,降低 If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. [V]
2 [VERB 动词](争斗)平息,平静 If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. [V]
3 [VERB 动词](地面、建筑物)下沉,沉降,下陷 If the ground or a building is subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. [V]
4 [VERB 动词](水位)回落;(尤指洪水)减退,消退 If a level of water, especially flood water, subsides, it goes down. [V]
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