subside
英[s?b'sa?d]
美[s?b'sa?d]
- vi. 平息；減弱；沉淀；坐下
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?subsides;過去式:?subsided;過去分詞:?subsided;現在分詞:?subsiding;
中文詞源
subside 建筑物沉降，下陷
sub-,在下，向下，-sid,坐，詞源同 sit,sedentary.即坐下去的，引申比喻義沉降，下陷等。
英文詞源
- subside (v.)
- 1680s, of objects, "to sink to the bottom," from Latin subsidere "sit down, settle, sink, fall; remain; crouch down, squat," from sub "down" (see sub-) + sidere "to settle," related to sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Of liquid surfaces, "to sink to a lower level, be reduced" from 1706. Related: Subsided; subsiding.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't do anything rash until the feel-ings subside.
- 在冷靜下來之前不要魯莽行事。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
- 她提心吊膽地等他的怒氣平息下來。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The lees of wine gradually subside.
- 酒渣慢慢地沉淀下來.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
- 如果他們繼續鉆洞，地表很有可能下沉。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The inflammation may subside sponxaneously if infection does not develop.
- 如果不發生感染,炎癥可自然消退.
來自辭典例句