Quell
[kwel] or [kwɛl]
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To die.
(v. i.) To be subdued or abated; to yield; to abate.
(v. t.) To take the life of; to kill.
(v. t.) To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
(v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul.
(n.) Murder.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Subdue, suppress, crush, reduce, overcome.[2]. Repress, restrain, check, smother, curb, bridle, lay, rein in.[3]. Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify.[4]. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, allay, appease, alleviate, mollify, soften, dull, soothe, blunt, deaden.
手打:萨曼莎
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Extinguish, destroy, crush, reduce, allay, stifle, quiet, pacify, quench,repress, suppress, calm, put_out, subdue, quench, overpower
ANT:Foster, excite, fan, aggravate, stir, irritate, disturb, raise, inflame
校對:卡特里娜
解釋/意思:
v.t. to crush: subdue: to allay.—v.i. to die perish (Shak.) abate.—ns. Quell (Shak.) murder: (Keats) power of quelling; Quell′er one who quells or crushes: a slayer.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It was indeed the hour to put away work, but why that sudden hush--that instant quell of the tumult? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The foul fiend quell the Prior! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- But no feeling could quell Fred's alarm. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Her voice once drowned by the shout of ruffian defiance, and I shall be full of impulses to resist and quell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- They have been forced to quell the mutinies with automatic rifle and machine-gun fire. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Bent on victory over a mortal pain, she did her best to quell it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- 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.
- But, quelling her grief, she said Good-bye! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In this reconciliation thou wilt own I have an interest--the happiness of my friend, and the quelling of dissension among my faithful people. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
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