Console
[kən'səʊl] or ['kɑnsol]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture); 'the bust of Napoleon stood on a console'.
(noun.) a scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system).
整理:内莉--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
(n.) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.
(n.) Any small bracket; also, a console table.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Solace, comfort, cheer, encourage, soothe, relieve from distress.
手打:莉莎
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Relieve, soothe, solace, encourage, comfort, assuage
ANT:Congratulate, felicitate, aggravate, oppress, disturb, trouble, annoy,irritate, irreconcile, dissatisfy
手打:路德维格
解釋/意思:
n. (archit.) a projection resembling a bracket frequently in the form of the letter S used to support cornices or for placing busts vases or figures on: the key-desk of an organ.—n. Con′sole-ta′ble a table having one of its sides supported against a wall by consoles or brackets.
v.t. to give solace or comfort: to cheer in distress.—adj. Consol′able that may be comforted.—v.t. Con′solate (Shak.) to console.—ns. Consolā′tion solace: alleviation of misery: a comforting circumstance; Consolā′tion-match -race &c. a race &c. in which only those who have been previously unsuccessful may compete.—adj. Consol′atory.—n. Con′soler:—fem. Con′-solātrix.
錄入:卡利
例句/造句/用法:
- Nothing could console and nothing could appease her. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Nothing could console her till the inward storm had had its way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Pray console yourself, and take a little more wine. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Something might happen yet, he tried to console himself by thinking. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I will not attempt to console you; but will simply relate the circumstances of the transaction. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I always said she was sent to console me for never having chick or child of my own. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The grandeur of the house astonished, but could not console her. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I am imperfectly consoled for this disappointment by the sacred pledge, the perished flower. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- He drove his curricle; he drank his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian stories, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- However, the company of her friend consoled Mrs. Crawley, and she ate a very good dinner. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Her seasonable bounty consoled many a poor family against the coming holiday, and supplied many a child with a new frock or bonnet for the occasion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The innocent suffers; but she whom I thought amiable and good has not betrayed the trust I reposed in her, and I am consoled. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- He was only consoled when he heard that she was half a Frenchwoman by birth. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Wellington consoled me as well as he could, and sat with me nearly three hours. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I soon shall see you again in heaven, where we shall all be happy; and that consoles me, going as I am to suffer ignominy and death. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- It's this mutual trust we have in each other that consoles me under heavy losses,' said Fagin. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Consoling her, my own sorrows were assuaged; my sincerity won her entire conviction. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Rawdon had stolen off though, to look after his son and heir; and came back to the company when he found that honest Dolly was consoling the child. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It's so consoling! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet, and therefore, instead of making any answer, she went on as before. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- It would be more consoling if others wanted to have it. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was very consoling to Birkin, to think this. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was consoling that he should know she had some relations for whom there was no need to blush. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
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