词组 | calm |
释义 | calm [calmed, calmed, calming] calm down 1. calm down • calm sb down • calm down sb to stop feeling angry, upset, or excited, or to make someone stop feeling like this: ▪ Calm down and tell me what happened. ▪ Matt was trying to calm the baby down by singing to it. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑cool down, ↑cool off 2. things calm down if things calm down, people become less busy or rushed: ▪ It's always like this before Christmas - things will calm down after the January sales. 3. things calm down if things calm down, or if someone calms things down, people stop arguing or fighting, or stop being excited or upset: ▪ Better wait till things have calmed down between those two before you go in. ▪ The police arrived and managed to calm things down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑quieten down, ↑settle down 4. calm down if the wind or weather calms down, it stops being windy or stormy: ▪ The fishermen were waiting for the weather to calm down before they went out to sea. |
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