pacifier

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpæsɪfaɪə/    美 /ˈpæsɪfaɪɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that pacifies.
    — Many people have failed to see the political significance of the women's music movement, for they categorize all of music as part of the cultural periphery that distracts people from real social injustices. However, far from being a pacifier, women's music has presented an experience which contrasts with the social inequities of our culture's traditionally male-dominated music.
  2. A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. Canada,US

词形变化

pacifiers plural

词汇关系

近义词
binky bink bo-bo comforter dodie dummy nookie paci piece pippy soother
衍生词
paci pacifier gag

词源

Etymology tree
English pacify
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English pacifier
From pacify + -er.
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