lull

英[lʌl]美[lʌl]

vt.使镇静，使安静，哄，哄骗，使入睡；

vi.平静，安静，平息，减弱，停止；

n.暂停，间歇，暂时平静，催眠的东西；

复数：lulls;

第三人称单数：lulls;

过去式：lulled;

过去分词：lulled;

现在分词：lulling;

例句

Ground fighting flared up again after a two-week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后, 地面战又突然爆发了。

a brief lull in the fighting战斗的短暂间歇期

In the following days, we began to chat during the midafternoon lull.在接下来的几天里,每当下午三点左右生意清淡时, 我们就开始闲聊.

Ground fighting flared up again after a two - week lull.经过两个星期的平静之后,地面战又突然爆发了.

The drug put Simpson in a lull for thirty minutes.药物使辛普森安静了30分钟.

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。

...a lull in the conversation.谈话中的一时沉寂

There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.现任总统当选之后，**暴力进入了一段暂时的平静期。

英语六级真题

And it is hard not to think: Are we in an innovation lull ( ' , 间歇期 )?In some ways, the answer is yes.

And it is hard not to think: Are we in an innovation lull?

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

间歇期；平静期

A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.

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VERB

哄骗；麻痹；使放松警惕

If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.

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VERB

使安静；使昏昏欲睡

If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.

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PHRASE

暴风雨前的宁静

If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.

英汉词典释义

vt.

抚慰, 哄

使放松；使镇静

vi.

平静, 安静, 平息下来

n.

（活动间的）平静时期,暂停, 间歇, 稍止

vt. & vi.

（使）减弱；缓和

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished;

2. a period of calm weather;

Verb

1. calm by deception;

2. become quiet or less intensive;

3. make calm or still;