calm
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kɑːm]
- 美式音标 [kɑːm]
- 国际音标 [kɑ:m, kɑ:lm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 静的，平静的；沉着的
- vt. 使平静；使镇定
- vi. 平静下来；镇定下来
- n. 风平浪静
- n. (Calm)人名；(法、德)卡尔姆
词源解说
- 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的calme；最初源自后期拉丁语的cauma，意为中午的太阳（在意大利，正午是万物休息之时）。
词根记忆
- 她手心(palm)出汗，内心很不平静(calm)
- 她手(palm)心出汗，内心很不平静(calm)
- 接到求救电话(call)一定要镇静(calm)
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- calmly：冷静地；平静地；安静地。
- n性质的同根词
- calmness：冷静，镇静；平静，安宁。
用法辨析
- calm的基本意思是指“平静的”“不受干扰的”状态,主要指大海或天气,用于人指情绪不是“激动的”。
- calm常与be, become, feel, get, keep, grow, remain等系动词连用,可用quite, perfectly, comparatively等副词修饰,在句中可用作定语或表语。
- calm在口语中还可作“恬不知耻的”解。
- calm用作名词时,基本意思是“安静”“宁静”“镇静”“不紧张”,多用于单数形式,不可数。
- calm作“无风时刻”“平静时刻”解时,是可数名词,其前常用不定冠词,也可加上其他形容词作修饰语。
- calm的基本意思是“(使)平静下来”。用于修饰空间、天气、海洋等时,指有风有浪到无风无浪平静状态的过程; 用于修饰人时,指人的头脑由激动状态(悲伤、情绪不稳或烦恼)到冷静、镇静的过程。用于后者时含有靠其判断力、意志或信仰而由紊乱状态恢复到内心的完全“安静”“安宁”“无骚动”状态。
- calm可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。calm的主语可为人,也可为海、风、形势等,其宾语多为(反身)代词,也可为名词(如神经、恐惧等)。calm一般不用于被动结构。
adj. (形容词)
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He is a calm man.
他是一个镇定的人。 - It was calm after the storm.
暴风雨过后风平浪静了。 - He is calm enough to pervert the truth.
他竟然无耻到歪曲事实。 - Her calm at the reception of the bad news surprised us.
她接受那个坏消息时的平静态度令我们吃惊。 - Presently he calmed a little.
他很快就平静一些了。 - Now calm yourself, please.
现在请你安静下来。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
S+be+～+to- v
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+～(+A)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
词组短语
- the calm city 平静的城市
- the calm situation 局势平静
- comparatively calm 相对平静
- perfectly calm 相当平静
- quite calm 相当平静
- keep calm 保持冷静
- remain calm 保持冷静，保持镇静；面不改色
- break the calm 打破安静气氛
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
副词+～
动词+～
用作名词 (n.)
英英字典
- peaceful, quiet, and without worry
- to stop someone feeling upset, angry, or excited
- a quiet or peaceful period or situation
- A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- Calm is also a noun.
- calmly
- If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.
- Calm is also a noun.
- If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
- Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
- Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
- If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
- calming
- To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
- When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
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专业释义
- ０级风
- 无风
- 平静
- 静风
- 0级风
- 风平浪静
- 悬链锚腿系泊装置 (catenary anchor leg mooring)
- 平