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ADJ-GRADED
镇定的;镇静的;冷静的
A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
例句
She is usually a calm and diplomatic woman...
她通常沉着而老练。
Try to keep calm and just tell me what happened...
镇静点,告诉我出了什么事。
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VERB
使平静;使安静;使镇定
If you calm someone, you do something to make them feel less angry, worried, or excited.
例句
The ruling party's veterans know how to calm their critics...
执政党的老牌政治家们知道怎样让批评他们的人安静下来。
Tranquilliser drugs were used to calm the deportees...
使用了镇静剂来让被放逐者们安静下来。
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N-UNCOUNT
平静;安静;宁静
Calm is used to refer to a quiet, still, or peaceful atmosphere in a place.
例句
The house projects an atmosphere of calm and order.
这栋房子透着一种宁静和整齐感。
...the rural calm of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
密歇根州大急流城田园般的宁静
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ADJ-GRADED
平静的;安定的
If someone says that a place is calm, they mean that it is free from fighting or public disorder, when trouble has recently occurred there or had been expected.
例句
The city of Sarajevo appears relatively calm today.
萨拉热窝城今天显得相对平静些。
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VERB
平定;使安定;使有秩序
To calm a situation means to reduce the amount of trouble, violence, or panic there is.
例句
Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation...
官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来使局势平定下来。
Mr Beazer tried to calm the protests by promising to keep the company's base in Pittsburgh.
比泽先生承诺仍将公司总部设在匹兹堡,以求平息抗议。
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ADJ-GRADED
(水面)平静的，风平浪静的
If the sea or a lake is calm, the water is not moving very much and there are no big waves.
例句
...as we slid into the calm waters of Cowes Harbour.
当我们缓缓驶入考斯港平静的水面时
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ADJ-GRADED
(天气)无风的
Calm weather is pleasant weather with little or no wind.
例句
Tuesday was a fine, clear and calm day.
星期二天气晴朗,没有刮风。
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N-COUNT
(帆船比赛中的)静风,风平浪静
In sailing, a flat calm or a dead calm is a condition of the sea or the weather in which there is very little wind or movement of the water.
例句
...during flat calms when the water is crystal clear...
在风平浪静、水清澈见底时
We had the whole gamut of wind from a dead calm to a force 10 gale.
我们这里什么风都有,从风平浪静到十级大风。
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VERB
(海面)平静;(风)平息
When the sea calms, it becomes still because the wind stops blowing strongly. When the wind calms, it stops blowing strongly.
例句
Dawn came, the sea calmed but the cold was as bitter as ever.
破晓之际,海面平静了下来,但是寒冷依旧。
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VERB
镇(痛);止(痒)
To calm a pain or an itch means to reduce it or get rid of it.
例句
...more traditional methods of soothing the skin and calming the itch.
更加传统的护肤止痒方法
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PHRASE
风暴前的平静
You can use the calm before the storm to refer to a quiet period in which there is little or no activity, before a period in which there is a lot of trouble or intense activity.