单词 | assuage |
释义 | as·suage transitive verb 1. < stroking her right wrist with her left hand as though to assuage the ache — Jean Stafford > < forgetting her own sorrow in her effort to assuage his — B.A.Williams > 2. < she found herself … pleasantly assuaged by the sense of anonymity which enveloped her — Helen Howe > 3. < surrounded with more than enough to assuage its hunger — F.G.Kay > 4. obsolete intransitive verb archaic < God made a wind to pass over the earth and the waters assuaged — Gen 8: 1 (Authorized Version) > Synonyms: see relieve |
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