单词
subside
英 [s?b'sa?d]
美[s?b'sa?d]
基本信息
- vi. 平息；减弱；沉淀；坐下
CET6+TEM8IELTSGRETOEFL低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?subsides;过去式:?subsided;过去分词:?subsided;现在分词:?subsiding;
中文词源
subside 建筑物沉降，下陷
sub-,在下，向下，-sid,坐，词源同 sit,sedentary.即坐下去的，引申比喻义沉降，下陷等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Don't do anything rash until the feel-ings subside.
- 在冷静下来之前不要鲁莽行事。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
- 她提心吊胆地等他的怒气平息下来。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The lees of wine gradually subside.
- 酒渣慢慢地沉淀下来.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
- 如果他们继续钻洞，地表很有可能下沉。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The inflammation may subside sponxaneously if infection does not develop.
- 如果不发生感染,炎症可自然消退.
来自辞典例句
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