英语
其他写法
- asswage 〈旧〉
词源
源自中古英语 aswagen ← 古法语 asuagier (“使平静”) ← 通俗拉丁语 *assuaviō (“使变甜;奉承;使平静”),派生自ad- + suavis (“甜”) + -ō。
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动词
assuage(第三人称单数简单现在时 assuages,现在分词 assuaging,一般过去时及过去分词 assuaged)
- 〈及物〉 缓解
- (我们能否确认Addison引文的时间,或提供标题、作者全名和其他详情?)
- Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
- (我们能否确认Burke引文的时间,或提供标题、作者全名和其他详情?)
- to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
- (我们能否确认Byron引文的时间,或提供标题、作者全名和其他详情?)
- the fount at which the panting mind assuages / her thirst of knowledge
- 1864 November 21, 亚伯拉罕·林肯 (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
- I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost.
- (我们能否确认Addison引文的时间,或提供标题、作者全名和其他详情?)
- 〈及物〉 使平静,安慰
- 〈不及物〉〈旧〉 冷静
派生词
- assuagement
- assuager
- unassuaged
参考资料
- assuage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- assuage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- “assuage” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
异序词
中古英语
动词
assuage
- 同aswagen。