lulled

英 [lʌld]

美 [lʌld]

v.  使放松; 使镇静; (使)减弱; 缓和
lull的过去分词和过去式

过去式：lulled　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 间歇期；平静期
  Alullis a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
  1. There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
     现任总统当选之后，政治暴力进入了一段暂时的平静期。
  2. ...a lull in the conversation.
     谈话中的一时沉寂
• VERB 哄骗；麻痹；使放松警惕
  If youare lulled intofeeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.
  1. It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...
     很容易就会被麻痹，进而产生一种虚假的安全感。
  2. I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter...
     我错误地相信了媒体的报道只是小事一桩。
  3. Lulled by almost uninterrupted economic growth, too many European firms assumed that this would last for ever.
     近乎持续的经济增长使许多欧洲公司误以为会好景长在。
• VERB 使安静；使昏昏欲睡
  If someone or somethinglullsyou, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.
  1. With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...
     半掩的百叶窗和宁静、通风的高大房间催我入睡，我很快便打起盹来。
  2. The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze...
     车轮呼呼地转着，他不一会儿便打起瞌睡来。
  3. Before he knew it, the heat and hum of the forest had lulled him to sleep.
     森林里的热气和嗡嗡的声音让他不知不觉便睡着了。
• 暴风雨前的宁静
  If you describe a situation asthe lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.

双语例句

• I was lulled back into slumber by the gentle sound of the river.
  我在河流轻柔的声音里从新安睡。
• It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security
  很容易就会被麻痹，进而产生一种虚假的安全感。
• The sound of her voice lulled me to sleep.
  她的声音使我昏昏欲睡。
• I was lulled by the words of the Wise; but I should have sought for the truth sooner, and our peril would now be less.
  我被智者的话迷惑了，但我应该尽快寻觅事情真相，这样我们的危险将会减少。
• Adolescence is no time to be lulled to sleep.
  青春期不是让人哄着入睡的时候了。
• They lulled her into a false sense of security.
  他们哄骗她，使她产生一种虚假的安全感。
• Indeed the position was so absolutely unearthly, that I believe it actually lulled our sense of terror.
  事实上，这幅极端恐怖，绝非人世的景象，确实把我们吓昏了。
• I returned to my reverie, lulled by the air sliding across my brow, lost to sensation.
  我又进入了自己的遐想中，在滑过眉毛的微风呵哄下，变得陶醉。
• We lulled her suspicions.
  我们消除了她的猜疑。
• I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter
  我错误地相信了媒体的报道只是小事一桩。