单词 | becalmed |
释义 | becalmedadj. 1. Calmed, quieted, stilled. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > made calm pleaseda1382 ycesed1387 pacified1530 appeased1532 reduced1642 pacate1645 becalmed1667 smoothed1713 pacated1727 lulled1787 sobered1797 soothed1820 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [adjective] > calm (of weather, climate, or the elements) > made calm calmed1589 becalmed1667 appeased1870 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 29 The Moon shone clear on the becalmed floud. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 491 The silence..of a becalm'd Conscience. 2. Motionless for want of wind. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of wind > [adjective] > becalmed calmed1634 becalmeda1667 a1667 A. Cowley Solitude in Wks. (1710) II. 693 They're like a becalmed Ship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.a1667 |
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