sub·side
verb/səbˈsaɪd/
/səbˈsaɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they subside | /səbˈsaɪd/ /səbˈsaɪd/ |
| he / she / it subsides | /səbˈsaɪdz/ /səbˈsaɪdz/ |
| past simple subsided | /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle subsided | /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form subsiding | /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to become calmer, quieter or less intense
趋于平静；平息；减弱；消退 - She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
她提心吊胆地等他的怒气平息下来。 - When the rain had subsided we continued our walk.
雨停了，我们继续步行。 - I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided.
我服了一片阿司匹林，疼痛逐渐缓解了。 - He waited until the laughter had subsided before continuing his story.
等到笑声平息后，他才继续讲故事。 - The storm gradually subsided.
风暴逐渐平息下来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- soon
- …
- begin to
- start to
- into
- She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
- [intransitive] (of water) to go back to a normal level
回落；减退 - The flood waters gradually subsided.
洪水缓缓回落。
- The flood waters gradually subsided.
- [intransitive] (of land or a building) to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into the ground
下沉；沉降；下陷 - Weak foundations caused the house to subside.
由于地基不实，房子出现下陷。
- Weak foundations caused the house to subside.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’).