lull

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基本釋義

vt.
使鎮(zhèn)靜,使安靜; 哄,哄騙; 使入睡
vi.
平靜,安靜; 平息; 減弱; 停止
n.
暫停; 間歇; 暫時(shí)平靜; 催眠的東西

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

a lull in the conversation/fighting

談話 / 戰(zhàn)斗中的沉寂

牛津詞典

Just before an attack everything would go quiet but we knew it was just the lull before the storm (= before a time of noise or trouble) .

就在攻擊開始前一切都變得沉寂,我們知道這只是風(fēng)暴前的平靜。

牛津詞典

The vibration of the engine lulled the children to sleep .

發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)的顫動(dòng)使得孩子們睡著了。

牛津詞典

His father's arrival lulled the boy's anxiety.

男孩在他父親來(lái)了后便不那么焦躁不安了。

牛津詞典

His friendly manner lulled her into a false sense of security (= made her feel safe with him when she should not have) .

他友好的舉止使她產(chǎn)生了一種虛假的安全感。

牛津詞典

There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.

現(xiàn)任總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選之后,政治暴力進(jìn)入了一段暫時(shí)的平靜期。

...a lull in the conversation.

談話中的一時(shí)沉寂

It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...

很容易就會(huì)被麻痹,進(jìn)而產(chǎn)生一種虛假的安全感。

I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter...

我錯(cuò)誤地相信了媒體的報(bào)道只是小事一樁。

With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...

半掩的百葉窗和寧?kù)o、通風(fēng)的高大房間催我入睡,我很快便打起盹來(lái)。

The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze...

車輪呼呼地轉(zhuǎn)著,他不一會(huì)兒便打起瞌睡來(lái)。

I can't lull her fears.

我無(wú)法消除她的恐懼.

期刊摘選

Lakers coach Phil Jackson has a theory on their recent scoring lull.

湖人隊(duì)主教練菲爾杰克遜從最近進(jìn)攻低迷中得出一個(gè)結(jié)論.

期刊摘選

This is just the lull before the storm.

這只是暴風(fēng)雨前的暫時(shí)平靜.

辭典例句

It took us all night to lull the baby to sleep.

我們花了一整夜時(shí)間才把嬰兒哄睡著.

期刊摘選

Yossarian was alone in a ponderous, primeval lull in which everything green looked black.

在這陣給人一種太古時(shí)代沉重之感的寂靜里,尤索林有種孤獨(dú)的感覺, 他覺得綠綠的東西看上去好象是黑的.

辭典例句

It was a lull and people were milling around clearing things away.

在這暫時(shí)的平靜期,四周的人們忙著把東西清理得一干二凈.

期刊摘選

It was the biggest turnout in years thanks a lull in West Bank violence.

由于西岸武裝暴力平息,這是今年來(lái)伯利恒人數(shù)聚集最多的一次.

期刊摘選

To lull a baby to sleep, you could try rocking it about, or singing to it.

要想哄嬰孩睡覺, 你可以試著晃它, 或是給它唱歌.

期刊摘選

Is it not everyone's concern to lull a child with soothing songs and kind looks?

我們不是用甜蜜的歌聲與和善的目光催眠孩子 嗎 ?

辭典例句

The sights and sounds of such a night lull pain and grief to rest.

象這種夜間的景色和聲音,才能催眠著痛苦和煩惱,叫它們好好地安睡.

辭典例句

The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.

藥物使辛普森安靜了30分鐘.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

For a space there was a lull in the AchehJohore struggle.

亞齊和柔佛的爭(zhēng)斗停息了一段時(shí)期.

辭典例句

Slowly, the daylight faded. There was a lull the artillery although the heavy rifle fire continued.

天色漸漸模糊起來(lái), 炮聲暫時(shí)停止了,槍聲還是跟先前一樣地密.

期刊摘選

A trader a lull in business at the Karachi stock exchange in Pakistan.

在巴基斯坦、卡拉奇證券交易所,一商人小憩,在業(yè)務(wù)平靜時(shí).

期刊摘選

The lull the wind threatens storm and the lowering cloudsthe west bode no good.

風(fēng)聲宣布著風(fēng)暴的威脅,西方低垂的云影預(yù)報(bào)著惡兆.

期刊摘選

Keep a level tablespoon of vinegar in the mouth can lull you to sweet sleep.

將滿滿一大湯匙的醋含在嘴里,能幫助你甜蜜入夢(mèng)鄉(xiāng).

期刊摘選

There was a lull of a few seconds before the oiled machinery came into action.

上了油的機(jī)器啟動(dòng)之前,要有幾秒鐘的間歇.

期刊摘選

In the following days, we began to chat during the midafternoon lull.

在接下來(lái)的幾天里,每當(dāng)下午三點(diǎn)左右生意清淡時(shí), 我們就開始閑聊.

期刊摘選

真題例句

And it is hard not to think: Are we in an innovation lull ?In some ways, the answer is yes.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

And it is hard not to think: Are we in an innovation lull?

2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

英英釋義

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"

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