assuage

动词 v.
中文释义
美 /əˈswɑʒ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.). transitive
    — Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
  2. To pacify or soothe (someone). transitive
  3. To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. intransitive,obsolete

词形变化

assuages present,singular,third-person assuaging participle,present assuaged participle,past assuaged past asswage alternative suage alternative swage alternative tasswage alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
assuageable assuagement assuager assuagingly unassuaged unassuaging

词源

From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
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