Still
[stɪl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed.
(noun.) a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); 'he wanted some stills for a magazine ad'.
(verb.) make motionless.
(verb.) lessen the intensity of or calm; 'The news eased my conscience'; 'still the fears'.
(adj.) free from noticeable current; 'a still pond'; 'still waters run deep' .
(adj.) used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; 'a still photograph'; 'Cezanne's still life of apples' .
(adj.) not sparkling; 'a still wine'; 'still mineral water' .
(adv.) with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; 'it's still warm outside'; 'will you still love me when we're old and grey?'.
(adv.) without moving or making a sound; 'he sat still as a statue'; 'time stood still'; 'they waited stock-still outside the door'; 'he couldn't hold still any longer'.
編輯:谢恩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.
(adv.) Uttering no sound; silent; as, the audience is still; the animals are still.
(adv.) Not disturbed by noise or agitation; quiet; calm; as, a still evening; a still atmosphere.
(adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
(adv.) Constant; continual.
(adv.) Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines.
(n.) Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight.
(n.) A steep hill or ascent.
(a.) To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet.
(a.) In the future as now and before.
(a.) In continuation by successive or repeated acts; always; ever; constantly; uniformly.
(a.) In an increasing or additional degree; even more; -- much used with comparatives.
(a.) Notwithstanding what has been said or done; in spite of what has occured; nevertheless; -- sometimes used as a conjunction. See Synonym of But.
(a.) After that; after what is stated.
(a.) To stop, as motion or agitation; to cause to become quiet, or comparatively quiet; to check the agitation of; as, to still the raging sea.
(a.) To stop, as noise; to silence.
(a.) To appease; to calm; to quiet, as tumult, agitation, or excitement; as, to still the passions.
(v.) A vessel, boiler, or copper used in the distillation of liquids; specifically, one used for the distillation of alcoholic liquors; a retort. The name is sometimes applied to the whole apparatus used in in vaporization and condensation.
(v.) A house where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
(v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.
(v. t.) To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
(v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops; to distill.
艾莉森編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Silence, stifle, muffle, hush.[2]. Calm, compose, quiet, allay, appease, pacify, tranquillize, smooth.
a. [1]. Silent, noiseless, hushed, mute, mum.[2]. Quiet, calm, tranquil, placid, serene, stilly.[3]. Motionless, quiescent, at rest.
ad. or conj. [1]. Yet, till now, to this time.[2]. However, nevertheless, notwithstanding.[3]. Always, ever, continually, habitually.
阿尔塔編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Quiet, calm,[See {[uK_|]?}], hushed, silent, pacific, serene, {[m<>:it>nless]?}, stagnant, peaceful, quiescent, tranquil, stationary
ANT:Unquiet, disturbed, agitated, moved, noisy, resonant, turbulent, moving,transitional
手打:奥齐
解釋/意思:
adj. silent: motionless: calm subdued: not sparkling or effervescing: constant.—v.t. to quiet: to silence: to appease: to restrain.—adv. always constantly: nevertheless for all that: even yet: after that.—n. calm.—n. Still′-birth the state of being still-born: anything born without life.—adj. Still′-born dead when born.—ns. Still′er one who stills or quiets; Still′-life the class of pictures representing inanimate objects; Still′ness; Still′-room an apartment where liquors preserves and the like are kept and where tea &c. is prepared for the table: a housekeeper's pantry; Still′-stand (Shak.) absence of motion.—adj. Still′y still: quiet: calm.—adv. silently: gently.
v.t. to cause to fall by drops: to distil.—n. an apparatus for distillation consisting essentially of a vessel in which the liquid to be distilled is placed the vapour being conducted by means of a head or neck to the condenser or worm where it is cooled by water or other means and again forms liquid.—adj. Still′iform drop-shaped.
艾达整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Still, he said, I do not comprehend you. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And still the unjust must appear just; that is 'the homage which vice pays to virtue. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- He smiled as he told me to wipe my eyes; he waited quietly till I was calm, dropping from time to time a stilling, solacing word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There had been shrieks from among the women convicts; but they had been stilled, and a hush had succeeded. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Every pulse of loverlike feeling which had not been stilled during Eustacia's lifetime had gone into the grave with her. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- My energy of will was gone--my strength was exhausted--the turmoil of my thoughts was fearfully and suddenly stilled, now I knew that he was dead. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- There was humility in her grief, no defiance in her attitude; and when this is the case a shaken spirit is apt to be stilled. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It stilled him like a note of music. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But he sat up, steadying himself with his hand and waiting for his heart to become stiller and less painful. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She _did_ listen, and watch, when evening closed; but it was in stillest sort: walking the drawing-room with quite noiseless step. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
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