ease

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /iːz/    美 /iz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lack of difficulty; the ability to do something easily. uncountable,usually
    — He played the ukelele with ease.
  2. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness; Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes (derogatory, archaic) idleness, sloth. uncountable,usually
    — She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.
  3. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness; Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes (derogatory, archaic) indifference. uncountable,usually
    — The pension set her mind at ease.
  4. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness; Freedom from effort; leisure, rest. uncountable,usually
    — We took our ease on the patio.
  5. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness; Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence. uncountable,usually
    — His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.
  6. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness; Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace. uncountable,usually
    — She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.
  7. Relief, an end to discomfort; Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance. uncountable,usually
    — Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain.
  8. Relief, an end to discomfort; Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation. euphemistic,obsolete,uncountable,usually
  9. Relief, an end to discomfort; Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position. uncountable,usually
    — At ease, soldier!
  10. Relief, an end to discomfort; Additional space provided to allow greater movement. uncountable,usually
    — Add some ease to the waist measurement.
  11. A convenience; a luxury. obsolete,uncountable,usually
  12. A relief; an easement. obsolete,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc. transitive
    — He eased his conscience by confessing.
  2. To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain). transitive
    — Sunny / Yesterday my life was filled with rain / Sunny / You smiled at me and really eased the pain
  3. To give respite to (someone). transitive
    — The provision of extra staff eased their workload.
  4. To loosen or slacken the tension on a line. transitive
    — We eased the boom vang, then lowered the sail.
  5. To reduce the difficulty of (something). transitive
    — We had to ease the entry requirements.
  6. To move (something) slowly and carefully. transitive
    — He eased the cork from the bottle.
  7. To lessen in intensity. intransitive
    — The pain eased overnight.
  8. To proceed with little effort. intransitive
    — The car eased onto the motorway.
  9. To reduce speed.
    — But from Northallerton No. 46143 reached 65½ m.p.h. by Otterington, 73 by Thirsk, 79½ by Pilmoor, and 82½ by Alne and was still accelerating when it was decided on the footplate that the train was getting too much ahead of time—and no wonder, with 40 min. allowed for the level 30.0 miles from Northallerton to York!—so that the engine was drastically eased.
  10. To take something from (a person), especially by robbery. archaic,slang,transitive
    — Coming up to the thief they eased him of his late acquisitions, which Redmond, restoring to the right owner, bound him over to prosecute the robber at the next assizes.

词形变化

eases plural eases present,singular,third-person easing participle,present eased participle,past eased past

词汇关系

近义词
lessen reduce
衍生词
at ease at one's ease chapel of ease church of ease closet of ease court of ease dis-ease do ease do one's ease ease-and-comfort ease-bred easeful easeless ease-loving easen ease nature ease of doing business index ease of use ease-room easesome evil at ease heartsease house of ease ill at ease ill-ease little-ease office of ease seat of ease stand at ease steez take one's ease theater of ease unease well at ease with ease writ of ease ease down ease off ease oneself ease one's mind easer ease up
相关词
disease easy easiness

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ese, eise, aise, from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise, aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Apparently related to Provençal ais, Italian agio and asio, Sicilian aciu and Portuguese azo. Sometimes ascribed to Vulgar Latin *āsia or *āsium, possibly from Latin ānsa (“handle, haft”) or Frankish *ansiju (“handle, loophole, eyelet; cup-handle; arms akimbo, elbow room”), but more often derived from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns (“adjacent, neighbouring”), present participle of adjaceō (“lie next to, border on”), though the forms and senses are difficult to trace clearly.
Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as Germanic or Celtic on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare Old English īeþe (“easy”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti, “ease; pleasure”), *𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*azēts, “easy”), Breton eaz, ez (“easy”), Irish adhais (“easy; leisure”). See also eath.
The verb is from Middle English esen, ultimately of the same origin.
词源 2
From Middle English ese, eise, aise, from Anglo-Norman ese (“ease”), from Old French eise, aise (“elbow room; opportunity”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Apparently related to Provençal ais, Italian agio and asio, Sicilian aciu and Portuguese azo. Sometimes ascribed to Vulgar Latin *āsia or *āsium, possibly from Latin ānsa (“handle, haft”) or Frankish *ansiju (“handle, loophole, eyelet; cup-handle; arms akimbo, elbow room”), but more often derived from Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), from Latin adjacēns (“adjacent, neighbouring”), present participle of adjaceō (“lie next to, border on”), though the forms and senses are difficult to trace clearly.
Alternatively, possibly from a non-Latin source such as Germanic or Celtic on the basis of the conflicting forms which appear in various Romance languages. Compare Old English īeþe (“easy”), Gothic 𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐌹 (azēti, “ease; pleasure”), *𐌰𐌶𐌴𐍄𐍃 (*azēts, “easy”), Breton eaz, ez (“easy”), Irish adhais (“easy; leisure”). See also eath.
The verb is from Middle English esen, ultimately of the same origin.
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