Lull
[lʌl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a period of calm weather; 'there was a lull in the storm'.
(verb.) become quiet or less intensive; 'the fighting lulled for a moment'.
(verb.) calm by deception; 'Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security'.
戈代娃手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
(v. i.) To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time; as, the storm lulls.
(n.) The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.
(n.) A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.
校對:贾斯廷
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Compose, quiet, calm, still, hush, tranquillize, put to rest.
v. n. Subside, cease, become calm.
n. Calm, calmness.
伊诺克校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Calm, quiet, hush, still, tranquilize,[See ASSUAGE]
SYN:Quiet, assuagement, cessation, quiescence, subsidence
ANT:Tumult, excitement, storm, tempest
錄入:雷内
解釋/意思:
v.t. to soothe: to compose: to quiet.—v.i. to become calm: to subside.—n. a season of calm.—n. Lull′aby a song to lull children to sleep a cradle-song.—v.t. to lull to sleep.
巴罗錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- In the temporary lull produced by that impartial sentence, I laid my lady's written message on the table, under the eyes of Sergeant Cuff. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He was deeply interested in all her father said, 'Of death, and of the heavy lull, And of the brain that has grown dull. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- No sooner had he formed it, than the cloud which had closed over the last picture, seemed to settle on his senses, and lull him to repose. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Before the last clock begins to strike ten, there is a lull. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- At ease with him, I could defend my creed and faith in my own fashion; in some degree I could lull his prejudices. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- If the storm had lulled a little at sunset, it made up now for lost time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- As it was, I was somewhat interested in the scene; it sometimes lulled, although it could not extinguish my grief. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- And the child lulled the parent, as the parent had erst lulled the child. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The thought of the chloral was the only spot of light in the dark prospect: she could feel its lulling influence stealing over her already. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
整理:莱克格斯