| 单词 | sedate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [si'deit] |
| 解释 | a.镇静的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 镇静的(keeping a quiet steady attitude；unruffled ) 【考】 反义词: riot(骚动) 【记】 sed(=sid 坐下)+ate→坐下来的 →安静的 |
| 字源 | sedate (v.) "treat with sedatives," 1945, a back-formation from the noun derivative of sedative (adj.). The word also existed 17c. in a sense "make calm or quiet." Related: Sedated; sedating. sedate (adj.) "calm, quiet," 1660s, from Latin sedatus "composed, moderate, quiet, tranquil," past participle of sedare "to settle, calm," causative of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Related: Sedately. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 镇静的; v 使镇静 【记】sed坐, ate－坐下来的－安静的 【反】riot(v 骚乱); roil(v 煽动; 激怒); flighty(adj 忽发奇想的; 轻浮的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sit + ate →坐着吃,很镇静；或settle；resident 居住，安定下来；sedate 指坐着，安定 【相关】assiduous (总是坐着学习)刻苦的，preside 主持, reside 居住,subside(下面settle) 下沉，平息，president pre + sident 前面坐着的总裁 |
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