Soothe
[suːð] or [sʊð]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to feel better; 'the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation'.
錄入:默多克--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) To assent to as true.
(a.) To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
(a.) To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
贝蒂整理
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Assuage, calm, quiet, appease, tranquillize, compose, pacify, sober, still, lull.[2]. Moderate, alleviate, palliate, lessen, allay, mollify, repress, check, temper, soften, attemper, deaden, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt.
赫尔曼手打
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Soften, assuage, allay, compose, mollify, tranquillize, pacify, lull, mitigate,flatter, appease, relieve
ANT:Rouse, excite, irritate, ruffle, exasperate, exacerbate, agitate, infuriate,aggravate, annoy, dissatisfy
校對:洛丽
解釋/意思:
v.t. to please with soft words: to flatter: to soften allay.—ns. Sooth′er one who or that which soothes: (Shak.) one who gains by blandishments a flatterer; Sooth′ing (Shak.) flattery (also adj.).—adv. Sooth′ingly.
卡尔文校對
例句/造句/用法:
- I saw Steerforth soothe and please you by his praise of her! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- I, at least, was taken up with endeavouring to soothe Fifine; whose cries (for she had good lungs) were appalling to hear. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Was it right, even to soothe his grief--would it be possible, even if she promised--to work as in a treadmill fruitlessly? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I was not fond of pampering that susceptible vanity of his; but for once, and from motives of expediency, I would e'en soothe and stimulate it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I wish to soothe him; yet can I counsel one so infinitely miserable, so destitute of every hope of consolation, to live? 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- As for the main subject of the letter, there was nothing in that to soothe irritation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- To be so caught did not contribute to soothe him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was under his hand, and I soothed him to let me move his hand away. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Bessy shut her eyes, and allowed herself to be soothed. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The quiet in the house, and the low murmuring hum of summer insects outside the open window, soothed me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- As I watched her face and soothed her to go on, I saw that Mr. Bucket received this with a look which I could not separate from one of alarm. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She was soothed without knowing how or why. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Once my fancy was soothed with dreams of virtue, of fame, and of enjoyment. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- With that she soothed herself and amused her friend. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- The same energy turns the electric fan, and with kindly service soothes the weary sufferer, and at another place remorselessly takes the life of the condemned criminal. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I always like that to be done; it soothes one's mind to see the place in order. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It soothes them. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Imagination,' said the gentleman, soothing her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Some times, when her uncle's easy way of taking things did not happen to be exasperating, it was rather soothing. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- You make one bite your head off, when one wants to be soothing beyond everything. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- My brother was one of the founders, and I have myself found it a very soothing atmosphere. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- To Archer's strained nerves the vision was as soothing as the sight of the blue sky and the lazy river. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The British Ministry of Reconstruction and its foreign equivalents were exposed as a soothing sham. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
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