lull
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
(a) ~ sb/sth (to sth) make (a person or an animal) quiet or less active; soothe sb/sth 使(人或動物)安靜, 活動減弱; 撫慰某人; 緩和某事物
lull a baby to sleep, ie by rocking it or singing to it 哄孩子睡覺.
(b) ~ sb/sth (into sth) calm (sb, sb's fears, etc), esp by deception 使(某人)鎮(zhèn)靜, 消除(某人的恐懼感等)(尤指藉哄騙)
lull his suspicions 哄他釋疑
lulled us into a false sense of security 哄騙我們使我們以為很安全.
2 [I] (of a storm or noise) become quiet; lessen (指風(fēng)暴或噪音)平息, 停息, 減弱
By dawn the wind had lulled. 到黎明時風(fēng)已停了. lull, n (usu sing 通常作單數(shù)) interval of quiet or inactivity 間歇; 稍息; 稍止
a lull before the storm, in the conversation, during the battle 暴風(fēng)雨前、 談話中、 戰(zhàn)斗期間的沉寂.