with obj.
1- calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements（用温和的声音或抚爱）使安静, 使静下入睡：
the rhythm of the boat lulled her to sleep.
小船有节奏的摇动将她送入了梦乡。
1.1
- cause (someone) to feel deceptively secure or confident使（人）放松警惕：
the rarity of earthquakes there has lulled people into a false sense of security.
那里很少发生地震, 这让大家放松了警惕, 误以为很安全。
1.2
- allay (a person's doubts, fears, or suspicions), typically by deception用欺骗手段减轻（某人的顾虑, 担心或怀疑）; 哄骗。
1.3
- no obj.(of noise or a storm) abate or fall quiet（噪声, 暴风雨）减弱; 平息, 停止：
conversation lulled for an hour.
谈话间歇了一小时。
- a temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity暂时平息, 暂时平静, 暂停：
for two days there had been a lull in the fighting.
战斗暂停了两天。
短语
the lull before the storm
- 见STORM.
词源
Middle English: imitative of sounds used to quieten a child; compare with Latin lallare 'sing to sleep', Swedish lulla 'hum a lullaby', and Dutch lullen 'talk nonsense'. The noun （first recorded in the sense 'soothing drink'） dates from the mid 17th cent.