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

equable

/ˈɛkwəb(ə)l

adjective

1Not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered: he could look sterner than his equable temperament would suggest...

Its equable temperament, unusual among terriers, results in large measure from the fact that it was originally a hunt terrier, expected to run peacefully with foxhounds.
Persians are the most mellow, sedentary and equable cats ever created.
Even so I seemed at every point of contact to be surrounded by abrasive people intent on disturbing my peace, my comfort, and my equable nature.

Synonyms

even-tempered, calm, composed, collected, self-possessed, cool, {cool, calm, and collected}, relaxed, easy-going, at ease, as cool as a cucumber;

nonchalant, insouciant, blithe, mellow, mild;

serene, tranquil, placid, steady, stable, quiet, level-headed;

imperturbable, unexcitable, unruffled, unperturbed, unflustered, undisturbed, unagitated, untroubled, well balanced

informal unflappable, unfazed, together, laid-back

rare equanimous

2Not varying or fluctuating greatly: an equable climate...

The more equable climate should ensure a good night for the Europeans.
The equable climate, natural abundance of forest with plenty of herbs and medicinal plants and cool monsoon are best suited for rejuvenation.
These fossils are from a time when the warm equable climate of the early Eocene was changing to the cooler more seasonal climates that we know today.

Synonyms

stable, constant, steady, even, uniform, regular, unvarying, consistent, unchanging, changeless;

moderate, temperate, non-extreme, fair

Derivatives

equability

/ɛkwəˈbɪlɪti

/ noun ...

But it is offered through an ironizing equability of tone and a neatly decorous, unflappable ordering of the story, really a list of the elements that typify such an experience.
This equability of temperature is a consequence of the strong influence of the warm ocean waters.

equably

/ˈɛkwəbli

/ adverb ...

For these two angry peoples to live equably side-by-side, they would somehow have to de-caricature one another - as well as themselves.
It's a book in which you don't forget that someone is talking to you-always equably and forthrightly, often humorously.
You co-existed as equably as you could with parents who didn't understand you.

Origin

Mid 17th century (in the sense 'fair, equitable'): from Latin aequabilis, from aequare 'make equal' (see equate).

单词	equable
释义	equable /ˈɛkwəb(ə)l / adjective 1Not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered: he could look sterner than his equable temperament would suggest... Its equable temperament, unusual among terriers, results in large measure from the fact that it was originally a hunt terrier, expected to run peacefully with foxhounds. Persians are the most mellow, sedentary and equable cats ever created. Even so I seemed at every point of contact to be surrounded by abrasive people intent on disturbing my peace, my comfort, and my equable nature. Synonyms even-tempered, calm, composed, collected, self-possessed, cool, {cool, calm, and collected}, relaxed, easy-going, at ease, as cool as a cucumber; nonchalant, insouciant, blithe, mellow, mild; serene, tranquil, placid, steady, stable, quiet, level-headed; imperturbable, unexcitable, unruffled, unperturbed, unflustered, undisturbed, unagitated, untroubled, well balanced informal unflappable, unfazed, together, laid-back rare equanimous 2Not varying or fluctuating greatly: an equable climate... The more equable climate should ensure a good night for the Europeans. The equable climate, natural abundance of forest with plenty of herbs and medicinal plants and cool monsoon are best suited for rejuvenation. These fossils are from a time when the warm equable climate of the early Eocene was changing to the cooler more seasonal climates that we know today. Synonyms stable, constant, steady, even, uniform, regular, unvarying, consistent, unchanging, changeless; moderate, temperate, non-extreme, fair Derivatives equability /ɛkwəˈbɪlɪti / noun ... But it is offered through an ironizing equability of tone and a neatly decorous, unflappable ordering of the story, really a list of the elements that typify such an experience. This equability of temperature is a consequence of the strong influence of the warm ocean waters. equably /ˈɛkwəbli / adverb ... For these two angry peoples to live equably side-by-side, they would somehow have to de-caricature one another - as well as themselves. It's a book in which you don't forget that someone is talking to you-always equably and forthrightly, often humorously. You co-existed as equably as you could with parents who didn't understand you. Origin Mid 17th century (in the sense 'fair, equitable'): from Latin aequabilis, from aequare 'make equal' (see equate).
随便看	pastoral charge pastoral company pastoral district pastorale Pastoral Epistle Pastoral Epistles pastoralia pastoralise pastoralism pastoralist pastorality pastoralization pastoralize pastoralized pastoral lease pastoral letter pastorally pastoralness pastoral property pastoral run pastoral staff pastoral theology pastorate past-ordinar pastorela