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subdued 音标拼音: [səbd'ud] a. 屈服的,被抑制的,减弱的,柔和的 屈服的,被抑制的,减弱的,柔和的 subdued adj 1: in a softened tone; " hushed voices"; " muted trumpets"; " a subdued whisper"; " a quiet reprimand" [ synonym: { hushed}, { muted}, { subdued}, { quiet}] 2: restrained in style or quality; " a little masterpiece of low- keyed eloquence" [ synonym: { low- key}, { low- keyed}, { subdued}] 3: quieted and brought under control; " children were subdued and silent" 4: not brilliant or glaring; " the moon cast soft shadows"; " soft pastel colors"; " subdued lighting" [ synonym: { soft}, { subdued}] 5: lacking in light; not bright or harsh; " a dim light beside the bed"; " subdued lights and soft music" [ synonym: { dim}, { subdued}] Subdued \ Sub* dued"\, a. 1. Conquered; overpowered; crushed; submissive; mild. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not glaring in color; soft in tone. [ 1913 Webster]
Subdue \ Sub* due"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Subdued}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Subduing}.] [ OE. soduen, OF. sosduire to seduce, L. subtus below ( fr. sub under) ducere to lead. See { Duke}, and cf. { Subduct}.] 1. To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish. [ 1913 Webster] I will subdue all thine enemies. -- 1 Chron. xvii. 10. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To overpower so as to disable from further resistance; to crush. [ 1913 Webster] Nothing could have subdued nature To such a lowness, but his unkind daughters. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] If aught . . . were worthy to subdue The soul of man. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To destroy the force of; to overcome; as, medicines subdue a fever. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To render submissive; to bring under command; to reduce to mildness or obedience; to tame; as, to subdue a stubborn child; to subdue the temper or passions. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To overcome, as by persuasion or other mild means; as, to subdue opposition by argument or entreaties. [ 1913 Webster] 6. To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds. [ 1913 Webster] 8. To reduce the intensity or degree of; to tone down; to soften; as, to subdue the brilliancy of colors. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To conquer; overpower; overcome; surmount; vanquish. See { Conquer}. [ 1913 Webster] 212 Moby Thesaurus words for " subdued": Attic, Olympian, aesthetic, aloof, artistic, backward, barely audible, bashful, bated, blank, bowed- down, broken, brought low, calmed, cast down, chaste, chastened, chilled, chilly, choice, classic, cold, conquered, constrained, controlled, cool, creamy, crestfallen, crushed, damped, dampened, dashed, dead, deadened, decrescendo, dejected, delicate, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, detached, dim, discouraged, discreet, disheartened, dispirited, distant, domesticated, dovelike, down, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, dull, dulled, eggshell, excellent, expressionless, faint, faint- voiced, feeble, feeling low, felled, flat, flattened, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gentle, gloss, grave, guarded, half- heard, heartless, housebroke, housebroken, humble, humbled, humiliated, hushed, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, icy, impassive, impersonal, in control, in good taste, in hand, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inaccessible, indistinct, introverted, iridescent, lamblike, languishing, light, limited, low, low- key, low- spirited, made to grovel, mastered, meek, mellow, mellowed, mild, moderated, modest, mother- of- pearl, muffled, murmured, muted, nacreous, of choice, of quality, offish, opalescent, pacific, pale, pastel, patinaed, peaceable, peaceful, pearly, pessimistic, pianissimo, piano, pining, placid, pleasing, pure, put down, quashed, quelled, quiet, reduced, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, sad, saddened, scarcely heard, semigloss, serious, shrinking, simple, smashed, smothered, sober, sobered, soft, soft- colored, soft- hued, soft- sounding, soft- voiced, softened, solemn, somber, sordo, spiritless, squashed, squelched, stable, standoff, standoffish, stifled, subaudible, subjugated, submissive, subtle, suffocated, suicidal, suppressed, sweet, tame, tamed, tasteful, tasty, temperate, tempered, tender, toned, tranquil, unaffable, unaffected, unapproachable, unclear, uncongenial, undemonstrative, understated, unenthusiastic, unexpansive, ungenial, unobtrusive, vanquished, weak, weak- voiced, weary of life, well- chosen, whispered, withdrawn, woebegone, world- weary
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