sedate
音标发音
- 英式音标 [sɪˈdeɪt]
- 美式音标 [səˈdeɪt]
- 国际音标 [si'deit]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.安静的；镇静的
- vt.使安静；使镇静
词根记忆
- sed(=sid坐下) + ate→坐下来的→镇静的
- sed(=sid，坐下) + ate→坐下来的→安静的
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- sedative：使镇静的；使安静的。
- adv性质的同根词
- sedately：安详地；镇静地。
- n性质的同根词
- sedative：[药]镇静剂；能使安静的东西；止痛药。
- sedation：镇静；镇静作用；镇静状态。
- sedateness：安详；镇静。
英汉例句
- We set off again at a more sedate pace.
我们重新上路了，步调更加从容。 - She took them to visit her sedate, elderly cousins.
她带他们去拜访她那些不苟言笑的表兄表姐们。 - Her London life was sedate, almost mundane.
她在伦敦的生活平淡无奇，几乎有些枯燥。 - We followed the youngsters at a more sedate pace.
我们跟在年轻人后面，步子稍慢一点。 - I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.
我住在英格兰中部一个宁静的小村庄里。
词组短语
- sedate detail 端庄
- But Sedate 而且处之泰然
- sedate flighty 稳定
- sedate roil 沉着
- conscious sedate 清醒镇静
短语
英英字典
- avoiding excitement or great activity and usually calm and relaxed
- to cause a person or animal to be very calm or go to sleep by giving them a drug
- If you describe someone or something as sedate, you mean that they are quiet and rather dignified, though perhaps a bit dull.
- If you move along at a sedate pace, you move slowly, in a controlled way.
- If someone is sedated, they are given a drug to calm them or to make them sleep.