lull

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of rest or soothing.
  2. A period of reduced activity; a respite.
    — After this departure there is a lull—one can almost feel the weary station breathing thankfulness!—broken only by the car-sleeper departing at 10.25 from Platform 6 […]. There is normally another lull from 1.45 to 4.30 a.m. till the daily round begins again, […].
  3. A period without waves or wind.
    — […] during the lull, wind shifted to S. E. […]
  4. An extended pause between sets of waves.
    — It is advisable to leave the surf zone during the lull between sets of larger waves, waiting outside the surf zone for a lull.
动词 v.
  1. To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm transitive
    — To lull him soft a sleepe
  2. To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate. intransitive
    — The storm lulled.
  3. To give somebody a false sense of security so that an unpleasant situation takes the person by surprise. transitive
    — They lulled us into thinking we still had time.

词形变化

lulls plural lulls present,singular,third-person lulling participle,present lulled participle,past lulled past

词汇关系

衍生词
lull before the storm belull lullable lullaby luller lullful lullingly lullsome unlulled

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”).
Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).
词源 2
From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”).
Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).
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