allay

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vt. 使平静, 使缓和

发音

UK /əˈleɪ/

词形变化

allays 复数 allayed allayest allayeth allaying allays 三单 allays allaying 现在分词 allayed 过去式 allayed 过去分词

别名

alay

教材释义与例句

动词

减轻；使缓和；使平静

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Alleviation; abatement; check.

  2. 2.

    An alloy.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

    及物

    to allay popular excitement

    to allay the tumult of the passions

  2. 2.

    To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

    及物

    to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

  3. 3.

    To subside, abate, become peaceful.

    不及物 废旧
  4. 4.

    To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

    古体
  5. 5.

    To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

    古体 引申义

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

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上位词 10

meet fit fill comfort fulfill satisfy console fulfil solace soothe

下位词 1

abreact

词源

From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold”), from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną (“to lay down”), equivalent to a- + lay. Cognate with German erlegen (“to impose, cause to succumb, kill”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslagjan, “to lay down”). In Middle English the word was identical to forms of allege and alloy, leading to much overlapping of senses.

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