lull
音標(biāo)：
美音：/l?l/，英音：/l?l/

聽(tīng)聽(tīng)基本釋意：

見(jiàn)原文：https://engapi.com/article/4458

外刊例句：
A lull occurred when schools were closed for Nowruz, the Iranian new year, in late March.
3 月下旬學(xué)校因伊朗新年 Nowruz 停課時(shí)出現(xiàn)了平靜。
—Washington Post

There have been lulls in fighting, but never a fully observed cease-fire, despite repeated attempts by international mediators.
盡管國(guó)際調(diào)解人一再嘗試，但戰(zhàn)斗一直停滯不前，但從未完全遵守?；饏f(xié)議。
—Washington Times

During a brief lull, she said her network had received mostly requests for food, medicine and help evacuating, as conditions have grown increasingly dire for those that remain in the city.
在短暫的平靜中，她說(shuō)她的網(wǎng)絡(luò)收到的主要是食物、藥品和幫助疏散的請(qǐng)求，因?yàn)閷?duì)于那些留在城市里的人來(lái)說(shuō)，情況變得越來(lái)越糟糕。
—Washington Post

基本釋意：
verb
make calm or still
v. 使安靜，使昏昏欲睡；使（人）放松警惕，哄騙；（使）減弱，平息，停止

同義詞：
calm,calm down,quiet,quieten,still,tranquilize,tranquillise,tranquillize,calm down,letup,quiet

短釋義：
The noun lull is often used in relation to a storm, but the term has a broader meaning as well. Lull can be used to describe any temporary period of calm or diminished activity, like the quiet time before the lunch rush in a restaurant or the brief period of tranquility before the doors open for a pre-Christmas sale. The word’s verb form means “to soothe or to make someone feel relaxed.” When used as a verb lull can turn deceptive, and it is often used to convey a false sense of security.
看到平靜，想到“平靜”。它可以是名詞形式（如“暴風(fēng)雨前的平靜”）或動(dòng)詞：可以通過(guò)使某人平靜下來(lái)來(lái)使他們平靜下來(lái)（例如用搖籃曲哄嬰兒入睡）。

長(zhǎng)釋義：
The noun lull is often used in relation to a storm, but the term has a broader meaning as well. Lull can be used to describe any temporary period of calm or diminished activity, like the quiet time before the lunch rush in a restaurant or the brief period of tranquility before the doors open for a pre-Christmas sale. The word’s verb form means “to soothe or to make someone feel relaxed.” When used as a verb lull can turn deceptive, and it is often used to convey a false sense of security.
名詞平靜通常與風(fēng)暴有關(guān)，但該術(shù)語(yǔ)也具有更廣泛的含義。 Lull 可以用來(lái)描述任何暫時(shí)的平靜或活動(dòng)減少的時(shí)期，例如餐廳午餐高峰前的安靜時(shí)間或圣誕節(jié)前銷售開(kāi)門(mén)前的短暫寧?kù)o時(shí)間。這個(gè)詞的動(dòng)詞形式意思是“撫慰或使某人感到放松”。當(dāng)用作動(dòng)詞時(shí)，lull 會(huì)變得具有欺騙性，通常用于傳達(dá)一種虛假的安全感。

文學(xué)例句：
She just couldn’t move fast enough, not through the lull fog.
她只是不能移動(dòng)得足夠快，不能穿過(guò)平靜的迷霧。
—Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

But for me, the answer was that Masonry, actually, is only thiity-three degrees of the religion of Islam, which is the lull projection, forever denied to Masons, although they know it exists.
但對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)，答案是共濟(jì)會(huì)實(shí)際上只是伊斯蘭教的 thity-three degrees，這是一種平靜的投射，共濟(jì)會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)否認(rèn)它，盡管他們知道它存在。
—The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

But she didn’t let them shut until she’d had her lull, because lull kept her from dreaming.
但她直到平靜下來(lái)才讓它們閉上，因?yàn)槠届o讓她無(wú)法做夢(mèng)。
—Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

詞源：
lull?(v.)early 14c., lullen “to calm or hush to sleep,” probably imitative of lu-lu sound used to lull a child to sleep (compare Swedish lulla “to hum a lullaby,” German lullen “to rock,” Sanskrit lolati “moves to and fro,” Middle Dutch lollen “to mutter”). Figurative use from 1570s; specifically “to quiet (suspicion) so as to delude into a sense of security” is from c. 1600. Related: Lulled; lulling.Related entries & more

下面是詞源的翻譯（機(jī)器翻譯比較難翻，參考著看）
lull (v.)14 世紀(jì)初，lullen“平靜或安靜地入睡”，可能模仿用來(lái)哄孩子入睡的 lu-lu 聲音（比較瑞典語(yǔ) lulla“哼唱搖籃曲”，德語(yǔ) lullen“搖滾， “梵語(yǔ) lolati”來(lái)回移動(dòng)，“中古荷蘭語(yǔ) lollen”“喃喃自語(yǔ)”）。 1570 年代的比喻使用；特別是“安靜（懷疑）以產(chǎn)生安全感”來(lái)自c。 1600.相關(guān)：麻痹； lulling.Related 條目及更多