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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary plac·id \\ˈpla-səd\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY Latin placidus, from placēre to please — more at please DATE 1626 : serenely free of interruption or disturbance placid skies a placid disposition also : complacent 1Synonyms: see calm • pla·cid·i·ty \\pla-ˈsi-də-tē, plə-\\ noun • plac·id·ly \\ˈpla-səd-lē\\ adverb • plac·id·ness noun English Etymology placid 1626, from Fr. placide, from L. placidus "pleasing, gentle," from placere "to please" (see please). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 placid pla·cid / 5plAsid / adjective1. (of a person or an animal 人或动物) not easily excited or irritated 温和的；平和的；文静的: a placid baby / horse 安静的婴儿；驯良的马 OPP high-spirited 2. calm and peaceful, with very little movement 平静的；宁静的；安静的 SYN tranquil :
the placid waters of the lake 平静的湖水 • pla·cid·ity / plE5sidEti / noun [U] • pla·cid·ly adv. OLT placid adj. ⇨ calm Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged plac·id \ˈplasə̇d, -laas-\ adjective Etymology: Latin placidus, from placēre to please — more at please 1. a. : marked by serenity : smooth , tranquil < ribbon of sand … between the angry sea and the placid bay — D.J.Lynde > < the placid atmosphere of easy living — Louis Fischer > b. : free of interruption or disturbance : quiet , uneventful < young men now arriving … at the age of forty have never known placid times as adults — J.D.Hicks > 2. a. : of a peaceable nature : meek , mild < a placid lamb lying fast asleep — Elinor Wylie > < the relatively placid crime of horse lifting — W.B.Bracke > b. : characterized by unruffled composure : calm , phlegmatic < that placid force … in many farmers — Guy McCrone > < so placid, so resigned that if the earth had opened at his feet he would have felt neither surprise nor fear — Herman Smith > specifically : complacent < an air of placid sufficiency which was the first hint … of the man's overweening, unmeasurable conceit — Joseph Conrad > Synonyms: see cal |
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