英语词汇“becalmed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	becalmed
释义	Trends of becalmed View usage for: becalmed (bɪkɑːmd) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind. We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours. Synonyms: still, stuck, settled, stranded More Synonyms of becalmed 2. adjective If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks is becalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be. [literary] ...the becalmed peace talks. becalmed in British English (bɪˈkɑːmd) adjective (of a sailing boat or ship) motionless through lack of wind Examples of 'becalmed' in a sentence becalmed But most of the benefit of that devaluation has now worked through and the economy is still becalmed. Times, Sunday Times (2012) At times, the stage does seem slightly becalmed. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Having become somewhat becalmed by the continuing economic challenges, he says that it is rowing its way back to growth. Times, Sunday Times (2012) If we were to become becalmed on the tougher end that would be a problem because there wouldn't be enough hope. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But if the economy was still becalmed then the pressure for Plan B would be much harder to resist. Times, Sunday Times (2011) (adjective) in the sense of still Definition (of a sailing ship) motionless through lack of wind We found ourselves becalmed off Dungeness for several hours. Synonyms still He sat very still for several minutes. stuck settled stranded motionless He stood there motionless. Additional synonyms in the sense of motionless He stood there motionless. Synonyms still, static, stationary, standing, fixed, frozen, calm, halted, paralysed, lifeless, inert, unmoved, transfixed, at rest, immobile, inanimate, at a standstill, unmoving, stock-still Nearby words of becalmed beauty beaver beaver away becalmed because because of beckon Synonyms of 'becalmed' becalmed Explore 'becalmed' in the dictionary
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