| 词组 | calm |
| 释义 | See also RELAX. blissed (out) and blissed-out mod. in a state of emotional bliss.After the second movement, I was totally blissed out.What a blissed-out dame!I know a gal who can get blissed from a sunset. Blow on it! exclam. “Cool it!”; “Take it easy!”It's all right, Tom. Blow on it!Hey, man. Relax. Blow on it! chill (out) in. to calm down; to be cool; to get cool.All right now, people, chill . . . chill.Before we can debate this matter, you're all gonna have to chill out. cool mod. unabashed; unruffled; relaxed.This chick is so cool—no matter what happens.She is totally cool and easygoing. cool, calm, and collected mod. cool; unabashed.Albert is almost always cool, calm, and collected.Before a race I am anything but cool, calm, and collected. cool down in. to calm down.Now, just cool down. Chill, chill. Everything's gonna be real cool.When things cool down around here, life will be much more liveable. cooled out mod. calm; unabashed.Ted is a really cooled out kind of guy.When she's cooled out, she's great. Cool it! exclam. “Calm down!”Take it easy! Cool it!Come on, cool it, man! cool off in. to calm down.Now, it's all right. Cool off!I knew things would cool off eventually. cool out in. to calm down; to relax.Now, just cool out, man. This will pass.Everybody cooled out after the emergency, and everything was fine. cool someone out tr. to calm someone; to appease someone.Cool yourselves out, you people. We gotta be sensible.The manager appeared and tried to cool out everybody, but that was a waste of time. defrosted mod. cooled down; “even” with someone who has insulted, embarrassed, or angered one.He yelled at her till he was defrosted, and then things settled down.Bob was finally defrosted when he insulted Heidi. Don't have a cow! exclam. “Calm down!”; “Don't get so excited!” (Made famous in the television show The Simpsons.)Chill out, man! Don't have a cow!Aw, don't have a cow, dad! downbeat mod. cool; easygoing.He is sort of a downbeat character—no stress.I wish I was downbeat like he is.I had sort of a downbeat day. Not your typical Monday. Drop it! exclam. “Forget it!”; “Never mind!”Never mind! Just drop it!Drop it! I should never have brought it up. Easy does it. phr. “Calm down.”; “Relax.”Chill, man, easy does it.Easy does it! Relax and go slow! evened out mod. back to normal; restored to sanity.When things are evened out after the holidays, we can settle down.Finally, at about age thirty, you could say that Sam was evened out. Forget it! 1. exclam. “Never mind, it wasn't important!” Forget it! It wasn't important.I had an objection, but just forget it! 2. exclam. “Never mind, it was no trouble at all!” No trouble at all. Forget it!Forget it! It was my pleasure. Get a life! exclam. “Change your life radically!”You are such a twit! Get a life!Get a life, you clown! keep cool in. to keep calm.Now, keep cool. It's going to be all right.Just keep cool, man. Chill. keep one's cool tr. to remain calm and in control.Relax, man! Just keep your cool.It's hard to keep your cool when you've been cheated. laid back mod. calm and relaxed.Bruno is not what I would call laid back.You are really one laid back guy! mellow out in. to calm down; to get less angry.When you mellow out, maybe we can talk.Come on, man, mellow out! play it cool 1. tr. to do something while not revealing insecurities or incompetence. Play it cool, man. Look like you belong there.If the boss walks in, just play it cool. 2. tr. to hold one's temper. Come on now. Let it pass. Play it cool.Don't let them get you mad. Play it cool. settle someone's hash tr. to calm someone down, perhaps by threats or by violence.If he comes in here, I'll settle his hash.Now, that ought to settle your hash. take a chill pill tr. to calm down; to relax.Take a chill pill, man! You are too excited.The police officer told Jim to take a chill pill and answer the questions. Take it down a thou(sand)! in. “Cool down!”; “Calm down!”; “Quiet down!”Okay. Take it down a thousand, and let's talk this out.You are wild! Take it down a thou and let's try again to talk this out. take it slow tr. to go slowly and carefully.Just relax and take it slow. You've got a good chance.You'll make it. Take it slow and keep your spirits up. 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 off2. 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 down4. 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. calm your titsrude slang Calm down. Relax. Oh, calm your tits, Maggie—we'll be home before curfew. after a storm comes a calmThings often improve after a difficult, chaotic, or stressful time. Bankruptcy is very emotionally taxing, but try to remember that after a storm comes a calm. the calm after a stormThe period during which things improve after a difficult, chaotic, or stressful time. Yesterday was very hectic, but today I feel like I can finally breathe again. It's the calm after a storm. calm down1. To relax or become less intense. Although this phrase can be applied to things or situations, it is often said as an imperative to one who is openly anxious, angry, or upset. I've been rocking the baby for hours, but I just can't get her to calm down and stop crying. Calm down—we'll be home before curfew. Work was chaotic during the merger, but things are finally calming down now. 2. To soothe someone or diffuse a tense situation. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "calm" and "down." I've been rocking the baby for hours, but I just can't seem to calm her down. The therapy dog really seems to calm down our patients. cool, calm, and collectedCalm and composed. I was petrified to take the stage, but Alice was cool, calm, and collected, Practicing meditation has helped me to be cool, calm, and collected in times of trouble. calm before the stormA period of inactivity or tranquility before something chaotic begins. Likened to a literal period of calm before a storm begins. Oh, this is the calm before the storm—the dinner rush will turn this place into a mad house. lull before the stormA period of inactivity or tranquility before something chaotic begins. Likened to a literal period of calm before a storm begins. Oh, this is the lull before the storm—the dinner rush will turn this place into a mad house. After a storm comes a calm,and After the storm comes a calm.; The calm after a storm.Prov. Things are often calm after an upheaval. Jill: I can't believe how peaceful the office is today, when yesterday everyone was either being fired or threatening to quit. Jane: After a storm comes a calm. calm downto relax; to become less busy or active. Now, now, calm down. You look so nervous. Please calm down. Nothing bad is going to happen. calm someone (or an animal) downto cause someone or an animal to be less active, upset, or unsettled. Please try to calm yourself down! Can you calm down your yapping dog? cool, calm, and collectedCliché [of a person] very calm and poised. James did very well in his TV appearances. He stayed cool, calm, and collected. The bad news didn't seem to distress Jane at all. She remained cool, calm, and collected. lull before the stormand calm before the storma quiet period just before a period of great activity or excitement. (Literal in reference to weather.) It was very quiet in the cafeteria just before the students came in for lunch. It was the lull before the storm. In the brief calm before the storm, the clerks prepared themselves for the doors to open and bring in thousands of shoppers. cool, calm, and collectedCalm and composed, self-possessed. For example, No matter what the board decides, you have to appear cool, calm, and collected in front of the stockholders . This alliterative synonym for cool as a cucumber dates from the late 1800s. the calm before the stormorthe lull before the stormCOMMON You describe a very quiet period as the calm before the storm or the lull before the storm if it is followed by a period of trouble or intense activity. Things are relatively relaxed at the moment, but I think it's probably the calm before the storm. The Emergency Department is fairly quiet, the lull before the storm. Note: This expression can be varied by replacing the storm with another storm or by adding next before storm. The fragile ceasefire may be just the lull before another storm. the ˌcalm/ˌlull before the ˈstorm(saying) a period of unnatural calm before an attack, violent activity, etc: What the country was experiencing was not peace, but just the calm before another storm.calm downv. 1. To become less agitated, active, or unsettled: When the wind calmed down, we went outside to assess the storm's damage. 2. To cause someone or something to become less angry, active, or unsettled: The leader calmed down the angry mob by addressing their complaints. Listening to music before going to bed calms me down and helps me sleep. cool, calm, and collected mod. cool; unabashed. Albert is almost always cool, calm, and collected. calm before the storm, theA sense of foreboding, during a particularly serene period, that violence is on its way. “Fair weather brings on cloudy weather” is an ancient Greek proverb. Numerous writers from approximately 1200 on also are recorded as saying that calm will come after a storm. Transferring fair and foul weather to human affairs, particularly to good fortune and adversity, and to peace and war, are also very old. “It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather,” wrote Machiavelli in The Prince (1513). In modern times the phrase frequently has been applied to an uneasy peacetime, when war seemed imminent. It was so used in the late 1930s, when it was already a cliché. |
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