lull

英 [lʌl] 美 [lʌl]

• v. 使安静；使入睡；哄骗；平息
• n. 暂停；间歇

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 抚慰，哄

   make quiet or calm with gentle sound

2. vi. 平静，安静，平息下来

   become quiet or calm

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使平静，使缓和，使安静，使放松，使镇静
2. 使放松警惕
3. 平息，缓和，(变)平静，镇静，安静，平息下来
4. 停止
5. 哄，哄骗，诱使
6. 催眠，麻痹，使入睡
7. 得到宁静
8. 减弱，减轻
9. 抚慰

n. 名词

1. 间歇，暂停，暂息，停息， 稍息，中间休息
2. 暂时呆滞时期，平静时期
3. 催眠的东西
4. 平静，安静，寂静，宁静
5. 稍止
6. 麻痹
7. <古>催眠曲

英英释义

Noun:

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished;

   "there was never a letup in the noise"
   

2. a period of calm weather;

   "there was a lull in the storm"
   

Verb:

1. calm by deception;

   "Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security"
   

2. become quiet or less intensive;

   "the fighting lulled for a moment"
   

3. make calm or still;

   "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The mother lulled the baby to sleep.
   母亲哄着孩子入睡了。
2. They lulled me into a false sense of security.
   他们哄骗我，让我产生了一种虚假的安全感。
3. During the night the wind lulled.
   夜里，风停了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. This is just the lull before the storm.
   这只是暴风雨前的暂时平静。
2. The drug put Murphy in a lull for thirty minutes.
   药物使摩菲安静了三十分钟。
3. Most probably, the lull is due to the summer holidays.
   现在的间歇很可能是正放暑假的缘故。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The wind lulled.
   风停了。

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. They lulled her into a false sense of security.
   他们哄骗她，使她产生一种虚假的安全感。

经典引文

• Even in a momentary lull, the rain was fierce.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

• We were not busy in the shop: it was the lull before..Christmas.

  出自： A. Brookner

• All this was very much the lull before the storm.

  出自： J. Nagenda

• I would lull and rock..Lolita in my marble arms.

  出自： V. Nabokov

• I'm lulled into half-sleep By the lapping of water.

  出自： T. Roethke

词汇搭配

• lull to sleep 轻摇或轻哼使之入睡...

近反义词

【近义词】

• calm 平静的
• quiet 安静的
• hush 肃静
• stillness 静止
• break 打碎
• silence 沉默
• pause 暂停
• respite 暂缓
• letup 停止
• quieten 平静下来
• soothe 缓和
• reassure 使…安心
• settle down 安下心来
• comfort 舒适
• pacify 使 ... 平静
• intermission 中止
• lapse 过失
• rest 剩余的部分
• recess 休息
• let-up 1
• hiatus 裂缝
• interpreter 口译员
• alleviate 减轻
• plateau 高原
• quell 压制
• calm down （使)平静
• still 静止的
• tranquilize (使)平静
• tranquillise vi
• tranquillize （使）镇静