单词 | quietening |
释义 | quieteningadj. That quietens; making or becoming quiet. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > quietness or tranquillity > [adjective] > making quiet or tranquil > making or becoming quiet quietening1877 1877 Times 24 Jan. 7/4 The approaching wool sales..no doubt produce a quietening effect, as it is reported that the amount of wool that will be offered is large. 1907 Smart Set Mar. 26/1 She lay there on her pillow, grateful..for the sheltering, homely realities, that enmuffled her and gave tangibility to her quietening thoughts. 1972 E. Clarke Crabtree's Med. Milieu in B. Bennett & N. Harte Crabtree Orations 1954–94 (1997) xix. 123 In later childhood Crabtree, being a boisterous, high-spirited child, was given a tranquilizing medicament, Mother Bailey's Quietening Syrup. 2006 Macon (Georgia) Tel. (Nexis) 17 Feb. f The school was delighted to have an adult male to press into service on field trips,..apparently believing it might have a positive, or at least quietening, influence on certain discipline challenges—i.e., boys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1877 |
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