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lull

[英] [lʌl] [美] [lʌl] 生词本

vt.

vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词:Lull  
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1. N-COUNT 间歇期;平静期 A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement. 
  • There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.

    现任总统当选之后,政治暴力进入了一段暂时的平静期。

  • ...a lull in the conversation.

    谈话中的一时沉寂

2. VERB 哄骗;麻痹;使放松警惕 If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe. 
  • It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...

    很容易就会被麻痹,进而产生一种虚假的安全感。

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

    我错误地相信了媒体的报道只是小事一桩。

  • Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.

    近乎持续的经济增长使许多欧洲公司误以为会好景长在。

3. VERB 使安静;使昏昏欲睡 If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy. 
  • With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...

    半掩的百叶窗和宁静、通风的高大房间催我入睡,我很快便打起盹来。

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

    车轮呼呼地转着,他不一会儿便打起瞌睡来。

  • Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.

    森林里的热气和嗡嗡的声音让他不知不觉便睡着了。

4. PHRASE 暴风雨前的宁静 If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future. 
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"
1. Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.
经过两个星期的平静之后,地面战又突然爆发了。

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2. The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.
药物使辛普森安静了30分钟。

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