lulling
缓和的,诱人的,哄人的,缓和
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Definitions
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- : to put to sleep or rest by soothing means: to lull a child by singing.
- : to soothe or quiet.
- : to give or lead to feel a false sense of safety; cause to be less alert, aware, or watchful.
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- : to quiet down, let up, or subside: furious activity that finally lulled.
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- : a temporary calm, quiet, or stillness: a lull in a storm.
- : a soothing sound: the lull of falling waters.
- : a pacified or stupefied condition: The drug had put him in a lull.
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Examples
After a lull in the action tonight, we could see a part two of the storm Monday into Tuesday with additional accumulation, but that remains a trickier part of the forecast.
A friend of Smedler and James’s, who is a faculty member at a local nursing school, called James on Friday and said to come over right away to get a shot of her own because there was a lull in vaccinating the students.
The shopkeeper and his wife, drawn two ways by pity and self-interest, began by lulling their consciences with words.
Here he would watch "the beautiful calm-lulling lake, the beautiful, solemn, hopeful-death-teaching sunsets."
His discourse was also full of extravagant compliments, I suppose for the purpose of lulling me to sleep.
The morning which followed was that of a warm, lulling, luxuriant June day, whose high tides of life spread to everything.
Then ensued a moment's breathless hush, even the cries of those in agony lulling.