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单词 placid
释义
placidplac‧id /ˈplæsɪd/ adjective Word Origin
WORD ORIGINplacid
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin placidus, from placere; PLEASE2
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • his placid round face
  • She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry.
  • The setting sun turned the placid ocean into a sea of gold.
  • There was a worried look on her normally placid face.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All the eye can see are evergreens, a placid body of water and the occasional loon.
  • Half-closed, dozy eyes usually belong to a placid, lazy horse.
  • He seemed to be placid and even cheerful.
  • My second child, for instance, was a placid baby who fed to routine from his earliest day and rarely cried.
  • Phlegmatic: this type has a placid nature and tends to be lazy.
  • She floated listening on the placid amniotic tides.
  • Some infants are intense, while others are more relaxed; some are squirmy and restless, while others are placid.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorusually calm
always sensible and relaxed, rather than getting angry, excited, or upset in a difficult situation: · Joe is a very calm and competent flying instructor.· My sister was always calm and careful, whereas I would get excited and upset by the slightest thing.· He has such a calm soothing voice - I could listen to him all night.
someone who is relaxed is calm and does not seem to be worried about anything, and it is pleasant for other people to be with them: · George greeted us in his friendly relaxed way.· You seem much more relaxed since you changed jobs.
informal always relaxed and never seeming to worry about things that other people worry about: · Sue's always had a laid-back attitude toward life.· He's very laid-back and lets the kids do whatever they want.
always calm and satisfied and not often getting upset, angry, excited etc about anything: · She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry.· There was a worried look on her normally placid face.
1a placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to:  a large, placid baby She sat still, placid and waiting.2calm and peaceful:  The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.placidly adverb:  Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]
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