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becalmed

US // (bɪˈkɑːmd) //

海滨,海滩,海滩区,海滨的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : motionless through lack of wind

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Examples

  • Their temperature and moral outrage, briefly becalmed by his recent humiliation, began to rise once again.

  • The wind now began to lessen; and, for fear of being becalmed, I was anxious to get an offing.

  • The Nora lies becalmed not far from the Goodwin buoy, with her sails hanging idly on the yards.

  • The squall soon passed away, and left them almost becalmed, as before.

  • At any time, a vessel becalmed is considered a very sufficing reason for swearing by those who are on board of her.

  • And there, on the bosom of the endless sea, we saw a ship becalmed.