becalm

vt. 使安静, 因无风而使停航

发音

UK /bɪˈkɑːm/
其它
US /bɪˈkɑm/
US /bɪˈkɑlm/
US /bɪˈkɔm/

词形变化

becalmed becalming becalms 三单 becalms becalming 现在分词 becalmed 过去式 becalmed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make calm or still; make quiet; calm.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To deprive (a ship) of wind, so that it cannot move (usually in passive).

    及物 航海 交通

    1555, Richard Eden (translator), The decades of the newe worlde or west India conteynyng the nauigations and conquestes of the Spanyardes by Peter Martyr d’Anghiera, London: Edward Sutton, “The seconde v[o]yage to Guinea,” p. 351, […] there we were becalmed the .xx. day of Nouember from .vi. of the clocke in the mornynge vntyll foure of the clocke at after none.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

calm steady

上位词 2

stabilize stabilise

词源

From be- + calm.

来源：wiktionary