Lull

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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    使安靜;使入睡

                      The motion of the train soon lulled me to sleep.

                      火車的行駛很快使我進入夢鄉。

          2.    使平靜;使緩和

          3.    使放鬆警惕,哄騙[(+into)]

                      This will lull them into a false sense of security.

                      這會使他們產生一種虛假的安全感。



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    平息;停止;減弱

                      During the night the wind lulled.

                      夜間風停了。



n. (名詞 noun)[S]



          1.    暫時平息,暫時平靜[(+in)]

                      This is just the lull before the storm.

                      這只是暴風雨前的暫時平靜。

          2.    暫時呆滯時期





　He lulls his audience, both in the movie and in the theater, into believing that he knows exactly what he's doing and that every word he says can be trusted -- and that he's a reasonable man. 





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