Becalm

[bɪ'kɑːm]

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

(v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

杰奎琳編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Quiet, soothe, calm, tranquillize, pacify, make calm, make tranquil.[2]. Detain by a calm (as a ship).

海丝特編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to make calm still or quiet.—p.adj. Becalmed′ motionless from want of wind.

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