| 单词 | soothe |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [su:0] |
| 解释 | v.抚慰；减轻 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 抚慰( comfort or calm);减轻( make less painful) 【考】 emollient : soothe / dynamo : generate(缓和剂的作用是缓和 /发电机的作用是发电)反义词：agitate(鼓 动); grate(使烦躁); vex(烦恼) 【例】 soothe somebody's toothache |
| 字源 | soothe (v.) Old English soðian "show to be true," from soð "true" (see sooth). Sense of "quiet, comfort, mollify" is first recorded 1690s, via notion of "to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true" (i.e. to be a yes-man), a sense attested from 1560s (and compare Old English gesoð "a parasite, flatterer"). Meaning "reduce the intensity" (of a pain, etc.) is from 1711. Related: Soothed; soothing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 抚慰(不好的情绪); 减轻(痛苦) 【记】读: 速死－要想速死就得吃安眠药, 它可以起到soothe的作用. 读: 酥死－浑身酥软而死－因为被抚慰过分了 【类】emollient: soothe = dynamo: generate缓和剂用来缓和 = 发电机用来发电 【反】agitate(v 搅动; 煽动); grate(v 使烦躁); vex(v 使烦恼); smart(v 刺痛); ruffle(v 滋扰) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】smooth 使平静→平息，安慰；tooth 牙齿，小姑娘伶牙俐齿，可会安慰人了 |
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