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Calm Adj Graded Verb Sea Wind 例:The Weather Feel

单词 calm
音标
英[kɑ:m] 美[kɑm]
解释
adj.镇定的;平静的;(海洋,天气等)安静的,平静的;(人)从容不迫的;vt.& vi.(使)平静,(使)镇定;(使)镇静;n.平静;镇定;安定;无风;vt.使安静;使冷静;使镇定;使(疼痛等)减轻;vi.安静下来,平静下来,镇静下来;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
镇定的;镇静的;冷静的
A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
例:She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...她通常沉着而老练。
例:Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...镇静点,告诉我出了什么事。

VERB
使平静;使安静;使镇定
If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
例:The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics...执政党的老牌政治家们知道怎样让批评他们的人安静下来。
例:Tranquilliser drugs were used to calm the deportees...使用了镇静剂来让被放逐者们安静下来。

N-UNCOUNT
平静;安静;宁静
Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
例:The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order.这栋房子透着一种宁静和整齐感。
例:...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan.密歇根州大急流城田园般的宁静

ADJ-GRADED
平静的;安定的
If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.
例:The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.萨拉热窝城今天显得相对平静些。

VERB
平定;使安定;使有秩序
To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
例: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。
例:Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.比泽先生承诺仍将公司总部设在匹兹堡,以求平息抗议。

ADJ-GRADED
(水面)平静的,风平浪静的
If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
例:...as we slid into the calm waters of Cowes Harbour.当我们缓缓驶入考斯港平静的水面时

ADJ-GRADED
(天气)无风的
Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
例:Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day.星期二天气晴朗,没有刮风。

N-COUNT
(帆船比赛中的)静风,风平浪静
In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water.
例:...during flat calms when the water is crystal clear...在风平浪静、水清澈见底时
例:We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.我们这里什么风都有,从风平浪静到十级大风。

VERB
(海面)平静;(风)平息
When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
例:Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.破晓之际,海面平静了下来,但是寒冷依旧。

VERB
镇(痛);止(痒)
To calm a pain or an itch means to reduce it or get rid of it.
例:...more traditional methods of soothing the skin and calming the itch.更加传统的护肤止痒方法

PHRASE
风暴前的平静
You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.
变形
noun:calmness~third:calms~done:calmed~pl:calms~est:calmest~adv:calmly~ing:calming~er:calmer~past:calmed~

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