| 单词 | pacifier |
| 释义 | pacifier (once / 48440 pages) 1n 2n A pacifier is a soothing device for babies that's made of rubber, silicone, or plastic. If you can picture the cartoon character Maggie Simpson, then you can picture a pacifier. Most infants are born with a strong need to suck, and many of them suck their own thumbs or fingers to soothe themselves. A pacifier works the same way. While some parents and even doctors worry that continuing to use pacifiers too long can damage babies' developing teeth and palates, such problems are actually very rare. The original meaning of pacifier is "anything (or anyone) that pacifies," from the Latin pacificare, "make peace; calm." WORD FAMILYpacifier: pacifiers+/pacific: pacifically, pacification/pacification: pacifications/pacify: pacific, pacified, pacifier, pacifies, pacifying USAGE EXAMPLESShe spoke into the camera with her husband beside her as their children fidgeted, one with a pacifier. New York Times(Dec 19, 2016) When she was breast-feeding a new baby, her mother-in-law said she looked like “a human pacifier.” Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) Look for sippy cups emblazoned with the visage of the man himself in full color, along with pacifiers. Washington Times(Nov 14, 2016) 1 1n device used for an infant to suck or bite on Syn|Hyper baby's dummy, comforter, teething ring device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose 2n anything that serves to pacify 2Hyper thing an entity that is not named specifically n someone who tries to bring peace Syn|Hypo|Hyper conciliator, make-peace, peacemaker, reconciler appeaser someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands go-between, intercessor, intermediary, intermediator, mediator a negotiator who acts as a link between parties |
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