quieten
英 [ˈkwaɪə.tən]
美 [ˈkwaɪə.t̬ən]
- vt. 抚慰；使安静
- vi. 变安静
英语词源
- quieten (v.)
- 1828, "to make quiet;" 1890, "to become quiet," from quiet (adj.) + -en (1).
权威例句
- 1. Somehow I managed to quieten her down.
- 我设法让她平静了下来。
- 2. She tried to quieten her breathing.
- 她努力让呼吸平缓下来。
- 3. It took a long time for the baby to quieten down.
- 孩子过了很长时间才停止吵闹.
- 4. Can you quieten the kids down?
- 请让孩子们安静些好 吗 ?
- 5. Russian intelligence will take a long time to quieten the paranoia of the West.
- 俄罗斯情报机构要花很长时间才能消除西方的疑虑。