| 释义 |
al·lay /əˈleɪ/
vt.
1. 平息；使平静
allay anger 息怒
allay fears (suspicion, anxiety) 消除恐惧(疑虑，焦虑)
allay popular resentment 平息民愤
allay the troubled conscience 抚慰不安的良心
2. 减轻，缓解；制止
allay pain 解痛
allay thirst (hunger) 解渴(饿)
Her fever was allayed by the medicine. 这药使她的烧退了。
They wished for a breeze to allay the summer heat. 他们希望来阵轻风把暑气吹掉一些。
[<OE ālecgan to put down<a- down+lecgan to lay] |