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quell v.制止，镇压 quell (v.) Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cognates: Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root *gwele- (1) "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cognates: Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelati "to sting;" see ballistics). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c.1300. Related: Quelled; quelling. 【记】源自kill, qu=k, e=i，使quiet

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[kwel] 【英】 v.制止，镇压(to thoroughly overwhelm)【考】 反义词：foment(煽动 ); instigate(鼓动); rouse(激起)【例】 quell a riot(镇压暴乱) / quell disagreement(压制不 同意见) v. 制止, 用武力镇压【记】que缺, ll想成两把枪: 因为他们没有枪, 我们才能用武力镇压. Qu = squ压制【类】obdurate: move = irrepressible: quell冷酷无情的不能被打动 = 镇压不住的不能被镇压【反】foment = instigate = incite = rouse = stir up(v 激起)

单词	quell
音标	[kwel]
解释	v.制止，镇压
红宝书	【英】 v.制止，镇压(to thoroughly overwhelm) 【考】反义词：foment(煽动 ); instigate(鼓动); rouse(激起) 【例】 quell a riot(镇压暴乱) / quell disagreement(压制不同意见)
字源	quell (v.) Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic kwaljanan (cognates: Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root gwele- (1) "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cognates: Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelati "to sting;" see ballistics). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c.1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.
不择手段背单词	v. 制止, 用武力镇压【记】que缺, ll想成两把枪: 因为他们没有枪, 我们才能用武力镇压. Qu = squ压制【类】obdurate: move = irrepressible: quell冷酷无情的不能被打动 = 镇压不住的不能被镇压【反】foment = instigate = incite = rouse = stir up(v 激起)
趣味全助记	【记】源自kill, qu=k, e=i，使quiet

Quell English Cognates Torment German Sense Kwel V.制止，镇压