| 单词 | still |
| 释义 | still I. 1. a. < each movement has its center, its still point — Isaac Rosenfeld > < sorrow loomed over her and time was still — Ann Ryan > b. archaic < in his absence she was a still personage — Charlotte Brontë > c. < still wine > < prefer sparkling fruit juices to the still products — Improvements in the Manuf. & Preservation of Grape Juice > — opposed to sparkling d. < still camera > < still photography > < still projector > 2. a. (1) < still as a mouse > < her radio … was never still — Mavis Gallant > < each with each patrols, in still society, hand in hand — R.P.Warren > (2) < my soul was not still enough for songs — George Macdonald †1905 > b. < a still small voice of calm — J.G.Whittier > < music by the night wind sent through strings of some still instrument — P.B.Shelley > 3. a. < dived so smoothly that she scarcely rippled the still water — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > b. < the street was still, save for the twittering of birds — Winston Churchill > < the smack of fist against shoulder was sharp in the still barracks — Mack Morriss > < still weather, and dry, powdery snow — O.E.Rölvaag > c. < the sound of a voice that is still — Alfred Tennyson > d. archaic < save us … from a tedious day, or shine the dullness of still life away — William Cowper > 4. obsolete < by still practice, learn to know thy meaning — Shakespeare > II. transitive verb 1. a. < as suddenly as it had broken, the gale was stilled — Eric Linklater > b. < the threat of his coming had stilled the … revolt — John Buchan > < nominal unification … had not stilled interservice bitterness — Time > c. < before death stilled his hand — G.C.Sellery > 2. a. < neither beef nor mutton could still me — Francis Hackett > b. < drew a long breath and stilled her shuddering — Laura Krey > < unable to still his persistent gambling instinct — T.H.White b. 1915 > c. < a magic voice that stilled and … comforted you — L.C.Douglas > 3. a. < the once-thriving … metropolis is stilled by terror — Hal Lehrman > < sirens are stilled … when they pass hospital or convalescent homes — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > b. < stilled the people before Moses — Num 13:30 (Authorized Version) > intransitive verb < the large hand stilled on the heavy knee — Marc Brandel > < the river stilled and froze — Hugh MacLennan > < music from the dance band stilled — G.A.Wagner > — often used with down < the wind stills down — Times Literary Supplement > Synonyms: see calm III. 1. < the girl sat as still as an image carved from marble — Louis Bromfield > 2. a. < remained for nearly a month … still widening his acquaintance — W.C.Ford > < while we do his goodwill, He abides with us still — J.H.Sammis > b. archaic < still his courage with his toils increased — Alexander Pope > c. < many people who are excessively active in caring for the skin … still have acne — Morris Fishbein > < the old but still important truth — M.R.Cohen > 3. a. < ancient kitchen chimney place with its fireback and crane still in position — John Durant > < still … revive the customs of their ancestral homelands — American Guide Series: Minnesota > b. < drink your coffee while it's still hot > < still found themselves a good way from their unit by six o'clock — Earle Birney > < teacher noted what words the pupil still did not know — Angell Mathewson > c. obsolete < discern the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still — Francis Bacon > d. < west still, where the whitish sandy soil is thinly covered with grasses … cattle move and graze — Marjory S. Douglas > e. < six or seven hundred men … and occasionally more still — Walt Whitman > < still another example of cultural misunderstanding — A.A.Hill > 4. a. obsolete < the guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed — Shakespeare > b. < half a dozen little brigs … and eight clumsy gun vessels that were smaller still — C.S.Forester > < placed him still more in the wrong — W.C.Ford > IV. 1. < the still of the night > 2. a. < the instantaneous still which a deer took of himself — World's Work > specifically b. 3. V. < still, all men, including dead men, can be wrong — Weston La Barre > < still, aside from all other considerations, the relative importance seen in merit … may be a real issue — S.L.Payne > VI. intransitive verb obsolete transitive verb obsolete < pricks the clouds, stills down the rain — Francis Quarles > VII. transitive verb 1. < still peaches for brandy > 2. < still brandy from peaches > intransitive verb < stilling was clearly against the law — H.E.Giles > VIII. 1. 2. a. b. < ammonia stills > < turpentine stills > < petroleum topping stills > < cracking stills > — compare retort, tar still c. (1) (2) < floating plastic solar stills > 3. IX. < still bottoms > < still coke > |
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