| 单词 | placidly |
| 释义 | placidly (once / 2531 pages) adv Something done placidly happens in a calm manner. You floated placidly, blissfully unaware of the rapids just downstream. I hope you brought your life jacket! The word placidly is the adverb form of placid, which means "quiet and serene." Some words don't change much through their evolution. So it is with placidly, which finds its origin in the Latin placidus which means — what else? — calm and gentle. We can see the word’s meaning in the opening of the poem “Desiderata,” by Max Ehrmann: "Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence." WORD FAMILYplacid: placider, placidest, placidity, placidly, placidness+/placidity: placidities USAGE EXAMPLESThere is an enigmatic pageant of scenes: people preparing placidly for supper; migrants playing football, impassive figures in hazmat suits silently bringing migrants’ bodies ashore. The Guardian(Dec 09, 2016) Encircling the main house is a moat in which two swans float placidly; inside, there are eight dogs, all impeccably groomed and yipping good-naturedly. Time(Nov 07, 2016) The final scene depicts Lydia and Steve sitting placidly in a park, his level of general psychic malaise having eased. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) 1adv in a quiet and tranquil manner the sea now shimmered placidly before our eyes 2adv in a placid and good-natured manner I put the questions, and she answered them placidly |
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