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pacifier

/pas-uh-fahy-er/US // ˈpæs əˌfaɪ ər //UK // (ˈpæsɪˌfaɪə) //

奶嘴,安抚奶嘴,奶瓶,安抚奶瓶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that pacifies.
    • : a rubber or plastic device, often shaped into a nipple, for a baby to suck or bite on.

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Examples

  • Most mothers will have stories—strangers commenting on breastfeeding choices, in-laws expressing dismay at a child’s lack of discipline, the cashier who thinks junior is too old for a pacifier.

  • In the short silent clip, Maria has a pacifier in her mouth.

  • She obtained the name of pacifier, mistress, and sovereign of the hard hearts of the chiefs of the Subanos.

  • The child was more or less clean, but with this pacifier thing.

  • The pacifier would fall on the floor, she would pick it up and stick it in the baby's mouth?

  • A herald of the cross genially making him feel his brotherhood with man, and bowing with him in prayer to the Infinite Pacifier!

  • As he brushed past the hotel detective standing in the doorway the detective was reholstering a large size police pacifier.