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单词 placid
释义 plac·id
\ˈplasə̇d, -laas-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin placidus, from placēre to please — more at please
1.
 a. : marked by serenity : smooth, tranquil
  < ribbon of sand … between the angry sea and the placid bay — D.J.Lynde >
  < the placid atmosphere of easy living — Louis Fischer >
 b. : free of interruption or disturbance : quiet, uneventful
  < young men now arriving … at the age of forty have never known placid times as adults — J.D.Hicks >
2.
 a. : of a peaceable nature : meek, mild
  < a placid lamb lying fast asleep — Elinor Wylie >
  < the relatively placid crime of horse lifting — W.B.Bracke >
 b. : characterized by unruffled composure : calm, phlegmatic
  < that placid force … in many farmers — Guy McCrone >
  < so placid, so resigned that if the earth had opened at his feet he would have felt neither surprise nor fear — Herman Smith >
 specifically : complacent
  < an air of placid sufficiency which was the first hint … of the man's overweening, unmeasurable conceit — Joseph Conrad >
Synonyms: see calm
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