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单词 soothe
释义
soothe
verb[T]
uk
/suːð/us
/suːð/

sootheverb[T](ANGER)

to make someonefeelcalmor lessworried:
使平静，安慰
to soothe acryingbaby让哭闹的婴儿安静下来
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to become calm or make someone calm
  • calm downDad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down.
  • calmHe calmed the crying baby.
  • settle downChildren, settle down and take your seats!
  • simmer downOkay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you.
  • cool down/offWhy don't you go for a walk and cool off?
  • chill outMum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise!
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calming and relaxing
  • assuage
  • balls-to-the-wall
  • bask
  • bread
  • bread and circusesidiom
  • calm
  • chill
  • humour
  • let/blow off steamidiom
  • lie down
  • lightensomethingup
  • lull
  • lullsomeoneintosomething
  • relaxation
  • settle
  • settle down
  • shirt
  • simmer
  • simmer down
  • slow down
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sootheverb[T](PAIN)

to make apartof thebodylesspainful:
减轻，缓解（疼痛）
I had along,hotbathto soothe myachingmuscles.我洗了个热水澡，泡了很长时间以缓解肌肉的疼痛。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Medical treatment: treating & caring for people
  • aggressively
  • bed blocker
  • bed-blocking
  • birth tourism
  • bring
  • clinic
  • logroll
  • logrolling
  • look aftersomeone/something
  • medical tourism
  • minister
  • nurse
  • patch
  • rehospitalize
  • respite care
  • self-care
  • setsomethingup
  • soother
  • tend
  • treat
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(Definition ofsoothefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

soothe| American Dictionary

soothe
verb[T]
us
/suð/
tocausesomeone to be lessupsetorangry, or tocausesomething tohurtless:
Ipickedup thecryingchildandtriedto soothe her.

soothing

adjectiveus
/ˈsu·ðɪŋ/
a soothingointmentforsunburn
(Definition ofsoothefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsoothe

soothe
We were encouraged to close our eyes and concentrate on images for the letters as our calm and soothing trainer described them to us.
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Likewise, the soothing touch enhanced relaxation, further assisting him in redeveloping awareness of and communication with those around him.
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To the extent that this results in more care and that caregiver contact or soothing positively modulates the behavioral state, it may be viewed as honest signaling of need.
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In both cases the infants were soothed and attentive to the music, suggesting that they were familiar with it and had therefore been listening whilst in the womb.
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Whereas when infants focus intently on a novel event, and are either unable or disinclined to look away, sharing that focus, while soothing, may be more appropriate.
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The detective work of servants, on the other hand, soothes their employer's anxieties about a superior disciplinary power that might in fact order and control middle-class subjectivity.
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He successfully presented reduction of light dues as a means of soothing shipowners' resentment of the relaxation of the navigation laws in the 1820s and furthering retrenchment.
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Strange that a manufacture which charms infancy and soothes old age should so frequently occasion political disaster.
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The people do not want to be soothed, humbugged and drugged any more.
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Surely that would have soothed some of the more ludicrous press comments.
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They have been so effectively soothed that they have been almost entirely anæesthetised.
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Wine is a food, a tonic; it soothes the nerves, aids digestion, is anti-allergenic and can act as an effective preventive against vascular diseases, cancer and dementia.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
He tended the furnace, washed the dishes, and soothed the tempers of both residents and visitors.
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In their first scenes together, he was shaky and missing his lines, and she soothed and coached him.
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They may also be very difficult tosoothe.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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