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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- soothe [suːð]
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to make calm or tranquil
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2.
vt.
[tr]
to relieve or assuage (pain, longing, etc)
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3.
vi.
[intr]
to bring tranquillity or relief
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4.
vi.
[Etymology]
C16 (in the sense: to mollify): from Old English s
o thian to prove; related to Old Norse sanna to assert; seesooth
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1.
vt.
[tr]
to make calm or tranquil
Examples
- 安神
- calm (or soothe) the nerves → 安
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