calm
[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]
1. 冷静的 , 平静的
A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
双语例句
例：She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman.
她通常沉着而老练。
例：Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened.
冷静些，告诉我发生了什么。
2. 平静的
If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.
近义词
双语例句
例：The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
萨拉热窝市今天显得相对平静了些。
3. 平静无波的
If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
近义词
双语例句
例：the safe, calm waters protected by an offshore reef.
由近海礁脉保护的安全、平静无波的海域。
4. 风和日丽的
Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
双语例句
例：Tuesday was a fine, clear, and calm day.
星期二是晴空万里、风和日丽的一天。
ADJ. 形容词
1. [U 不可数名词] 冷静 , 平静
Calm is a feeling or state free from any worry, anger, or excitement.
双语例句
例：He felt a sudden sense of calm, of contentment.
他突然感受到了内心的平静和满足。
2. [U 不可数名词] 平静
Calm is when recent trouble, fighting or public disorder has stopped, or expected trouble has not occurred.
双语例句
例：Community and church leaders have appealed for calm and no retaliation.
社区和教会领袖呼吁人们保持冷静，不要采取报复行动。
3. [U 不可数名词] 安宁
Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
近义词
双语例句
例：The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order.
整幢房子呈现出一种宁静祥和、井然有序的氛围。
NOUN. 名词
calm down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （使）冷静下来
If you calm down, or if someone calms you down, you become less angry, upset, or excited.
双语例句
例：Calm down for a minute and listen to me.
冷静一下，听我说。
例：I'll try a herbal remedy to calm him down.
我会尝试用一种香草疗法使他镇静下来。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] 使平息下来 , 平息下来
If things calm down, or someone or something calms things down, the amount of activity, trouble, or panic is reduced.
近义词
settle down
双语例句
例：We will go back to normal when things calm down.
一切平息下来后，我们将恢复正常。
PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
calms , calming , calmed
1. [T 及物动词] 使冷静 , 使镇静
If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
双语例句
例：The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics.
执政党中的资深官员们深谙安抚批评者之道。
例：She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself.
她急促地呼吸着，努力使自己镇定下来。
2. [T 及物动词] 使平静 , 平息
To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
双语例句
例：Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.
官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来平息局面。
3. [I 不及物动词] （海或风）平静下来
When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
双语例句
例：Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破晓时分，海面平静下来，但寒冷依然。
VERB. 动词
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