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calm 音标拼音: [k'ɑm] [k'ɑlm] a. 静的,平静的;镇静的,沉着的
vt. 使安静,使镇定
vi. 平静下来,镇定下来 静的,平静的;镇静的,沈着的使安静,使镇定平静下来,镇定下来 calm adj 1: not agitated; without losing self- possession; " spoke in a calm voice"; " remained calm throughout the uproar"; " he remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; " a serene expression on her face"; " she became more tranquil"; " tranquil life in the country" [ synonym: { calm}, { unagitated}, { serene}, { tranquil}] 2: ( of weather) free from storm or wind; " calm seas" [ ant: { stormy}] n 1: steadiness of mind under stress; " he accepted their problems with composure and she with equanimity" [ synonym: { composure}, { calm}, { calmness}, { equanimity}] [ ant: { discomposure}] 2: wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale [ synonym: { calm air}, { calm}] v 1: make calm or still; " quiet the dragons of worry and fear" [ synonym: { calm}, { calm down}, { quiet}, { tranquilize}, { tranquillize}, { tranquillise}, { quieten}, { lull}, { still}] [ ant: { agitate}, { charge}, { charge up}, { commove}, { excite}, { rouse}, { turn on}] 2: make steady; " steady yourself" [ synonym: { steady}, { calm}, { becalm}] 3: become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; " After the fight both men need to cool off."; " It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again." [ synonym: { calm}, { calm down}, { cool off}, { chill out}, { simmer down}, { settle down}, { cool it}] 4: cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; " The patient must be sedated before the operation" [ synonym: { sedate}, { calm}, { tranquilize}, { tranquillize}, { tranquillise}] [ ant: { arouse}, { brace}, { energise}, { energize}, { perk up}, { stimulate}] Calm \ Calm\ ( k[ aum] m), a. [ Compar. { Calmer} (-[~ e] r); superl. { Calmest} (-[ e^] st)] 1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. " Calm was the day." -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. -- Bryant. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. " Calm and sinless peace." -- Milton. " With calm attention." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Such calm old age as conscience pure And self- commanding hearts ensure. -- Keble. Syn: Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid. [ 1913 Webster]
Calm \ Calm\ ( k[ aum] m), n. [ OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp. calma ( cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr. kay^ ma burning heat, fr. kai` ein to burn; either because during a great heat there is generally also a calm, or because the hot time of the day obliges us seek for shade and quiet; cf. { Caustic}] Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity. [ 1913 Webster] The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. -- Mark. iv. 39. [ 1913 Webster] A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man' s own making. -- South. [ 1913 Webster]
Calm \ Calm\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Calmed} ( k[ aum] md); p. pr. & vb. n. { Calming}.] [ Cf. F. calmer. See { Calm}, n.] 1. To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds. [ 1913 Webster] To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions. [ 1913 Webster] Passions which seem somewhat calmed. -- Atterbury. Syn: To still; quiet; appease; allay; pacify; tranquilize; soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain. [ 1913 Webster] 272 Moby Thesaurus words for " calm": abnegation, abstinence, accordance, allay, alleviate, anticyclone, appease, assuage, at peace, at rest, aweless, balm, balmy, becalm, blank, blankminded, bloodless, calm down, calmness, cease, cloistered, collected, compose, composed, composure, conciliate, concordant, conservatism, consistency, consonance, constancy, constraint, continence, continuity, control, cool, cool off, coolheaded, coolness, correspondence, cradle, dead calm, deathlike calm, defuse, die down, dispassion, dispassionate, doldrums, dulcify, dwindle, dwindling, ease, easy, easygoing, ebb, ebbing, empty, empty- headed, equability, equable, equanimity, equilibrium, even, even out, even- tempered, even- tenored, evenness, expected, expecting, fatuous, firm, flat calm, gentle, gentleness, golden mean, halcyon, halt, happy medium, homogeneity, horse latitudes, hush, hushed, idyllic, impartiality, impassive, imperturbable, inactive, inane, incogitant, inexcitable, isolated, judiciousness, juste- milieu, lay, lay the dust, lenity, levelheaded, lull, make one easy, meden agan, middle way, mild, mildness, mitigate, moderateness, moderation, moderationism, molder, moldering, mollify, monolithism, motionless, nerveless, neutrality, nirvanic, nonchalant, nonviolence, nothing in excess, oblivious, oily calm, orderly, pacific, pacifism, pacify, passive, pastoral, peace, peaceable, peaceful, peacefulness, peacetime, persistence, philosophical, phlegmatic, piping, placate, placid, placidity, placidness, poised, possessed, pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, prudence, quell, quiesce, quiescent, quiet, quieten, quietistic, relax, relaxed, relieve, repose, reposeful, reposing, rest, restful, resting, restraint, rock, rock to sleep, rock- steady, sang- froid, secluded, sedate, self- abnegation, self- control, self- controlled, self- denial, self- possessed, self- possession, self- restraint, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, serenity, settle, sheltered, smooth, smooth down, smooth over, smoothen, sobriety, soft, soothe, soother, stability, stabilize, stable, staid, staunch, steadfastness, steadiness, steady, steady- handed, steady- nerved, steel- nerved, still, still as death, stillish, stillness, stilly, stoic, stoical, stolid, stop, strong- nerved, subdue, subside, subsiding, temperance, temperateness, thoughtfree, thoughtless, together, tranquil, tranquilize, tranquillity, unagitated, unamazed, unastonished, unastounded, unawed, unbewildered, unblenching, unblinking, undazed, undazzled, undisturbed, undumbfounded, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness, unfaltering, unflappable, unflinching, unideaed, uniformity, unimpressed, unintellectual, unity, unmarveling, unmoved, unnervous, unoccupied, unperturbed, unquivering, unreasoning, unruffled, unruffledness, unshaken, unshaky, unshrinking, unstirring, unstrained, unsurprised, unthinking, untremulous, untroubled, unwavering, unwondering, vacant, vacuous, via media, wane, waning, windless, windlessness, without a tremor, wonderless |
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