橘子朗文词典

sedate

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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

    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

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.