calm

1. ADJ A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement. 冷靜的; 平靜的

She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman. 她通常是個冷靜而圓滑的女人。

Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened. 試著保持冷靜，告訴我發生了什麽。

2. N-UNCOUNT Calm is also a noun. 冷靜; 平靜[also 'a' N]

He felt a sudden sense of calm, of contentment. 他突然感受到了內心的平靜和滿足。

3. calmlyADV 冷靜地; 平靜地

Alan looked at him and said calmly, "I don't believe you."

艾倫看著他，平靜地說，“我不相信你。”

4. ADJ 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. 平靜的[journalism]

The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today. 薩拉熱窩市今天顯得相對平靜了些。

5. N-UNCOUNT Calm is also a noun. 平靜[also 'a' N]

Community and church leaders have appealed for calm and no retaliation. 社區和教會領袖呼訏人們保持冷靜，不要採取報複行動。

6. ADJ If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves. 平靜無波的

...the safe, calm waters protected by an offshore reef. …由近海礁脈保護的安全、平靜無波的海域。

7. ADJ Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind. 風和日麗的

Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day. 星期二是晴空萬裡、風和日麗的一天。

8. N-UNCOUNT Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place. 安甯

The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order. 整幢房子呈現出一種甯靜祥和、井然有序的氛圍。

9. V-T If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited. 使冷靜; 使鎮靜

The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics. 執政黨中的資深官員們深諳安撫批評者之道。

She was breathing quickly and tried to calm herself. 她呼吸急促，試圖使自己鎮定下來。

10. calmingADJ 使人鎮靜的

...a fresh, cool fragrance which produces a very calming effect on the mind. …有鎮靜作用的清新香氣。

11. V-T To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is. 使平靜; 平息

Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation. 官方希望通過招收較少的外國人來平息侷麪。

12. V-I When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly. (海或風) 平靜下來

Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever. 破曉時分，大海平靜下來，但寒冷依然。