Quelled
[kweld]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) subdued or overcome; 'the quelled rebellion'; 'an uprising quenched almost before it started'; 'a squelched rumor' .
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解釋/意思:
(imp. & p. p.) of Quell
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例句/造句/用法:
- Indignation quivered on her lip; but it was quelled by the secret voice which warned her that she must not quarrel with him. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The enemy was sung and stormed down, his psalm quelled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He quelled, he kept down when he could; and when he could not, he fumed like a bottled storm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Had she been obliged to speak to him _only_, it would have quelled, but, at liberty to address another, it excited her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- In the midst of all this noise and commotion, there was heard a sweet female voice, which quelled it in an instant. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Mr. Bob Sawyer, completely quelled by the decision of the old gentleman's manner, took the same course. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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