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单词 still
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still1/stil/ adj

not moving

still water

calm or tranquil

the still air

a still evening

archaic or literary said of a sound, voice, etc: quiet and contained

I shall follow the guiding of that still small voice which interprets the dictates of conscience — Charlotte Brontë

said of drinks: not carbonated; not effervescent

still orange

denoting or relating to static photographs as distinct from moving pictures

a still photographer

stillness noun
[Old English stille]

still2adj and adv

without movement; not stirring

Be still

Sit still


still3verb trans

chiefly archaic or literary to calm or quieten (somebody or something)

If you hear a child cry in the night, you must call to the nurse and bid her still it — Shakespeare

Instead of trying to still his fears, he encouraged them — George Eliot

verb intrans

to make or become calm, quiet, or motionless

[Old English stillan to calm, appease]

still4adv

as before; even now or even then

Drink it while it's still hot

You aren't still worrying about the key, are you?

in spite of that; nevertheless

I still think it's immoral

however; looking on the bright side

Still, we've nearly finished

(in negative contexts) yet

I still haven't written to thank them

archaic or literary always; continually

And I will love thee still, my dear, till a’ the seas gang dry — Burns

(used with comparatives) even; yet

I've thought of a still nicer idea


still5noun

a still photograph, esp a photograph of actors or a scene from a film reproduced for publicity or documentary purposes

chiefly literary quiet; silence

in the still of the night


still6noun

an apparatus used in distillation, esp of spirits, comprising either the chamber in which the vaporization is carried out or the entire equipment

[from still (verb), shortened from distil]
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