quell

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vt. 压制, 平息, 减轻

发音

US /kwɛl/
UK /kwɛl/
AU

词形变化

quells 复数 quelled quelledst quelleth quelling quells 三单 quells quelling 现在分词 quelled 过去式 quelled 过去分词 quellest quelledst 过去式 quelleth 三单 quelled 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A subduing.

  2. 1.

    A source, especially a spring.

  3. 2.

    An emotion or sensation which rises suddenly.

v.
  1. 1.

    To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.

    压制

    及物
  2. 2.

    To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish.

    及物

    to quell grief

    to quell the tumult of the soul

  3. 3.

    To die.

  4. 4.

    To kill.

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To be subdued or abated; to diminish.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

stay quench appease squelch

上位词 9

meet fit fill fulfill conquer satisfy suppress fulfil subdue

词源

From Middle English quellen, from Old English cwellan (“to kill”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną (“to make die; kill”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-. Cognate with German quälen (“to torment; agonise; smite”), Swedish kvälja (“to torment”), Icelandic kvelja (“to torture; torment”). Compare also Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”), Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”). See also kill, which may be its doublet.

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