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

• As the quiet times continued, many investors were lulled into believing that a less volatile era had begun.
  如果市场继续平静，很多投资者就以为市场不会再大起大落了。
• 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。
• We lulled her suspicions.
  我们消除了她的猜疑。
• The swaying motion of the train must have lulled me to sleep.
  一定是火车摇晃催我进了梦乡。
• Heavy flak was everywhere! He had been lulled, lured and trapped.
  到处都是密集的高射炮火！他这下子可受骗上当，进了圈套了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The experienced fisherman predicted that the raging sea would have been lulled by tonight.
  这位有经验的渔夫预言今晚之前波涛汹涌的海面就会平伏。
• 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。
• The mother lulled the crying baby.
  妈妈使哭闹的婴儿安静下来。