becalmed

音标发音

• 英式音标 [bɪˈkɑːmd]
• 美式音标 [bɪˈkɑːmd]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj. 平静的；因无风而停止不能前进的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The prevailing currents cause flotsam from around the world to accumulate in a vast becalmed patch of ocean.
  盛行流把漂流在世界各地的垃圾带到这片广大的平静海面上。
• The hills were framed with trees, and beyond them stretched a band of sea on which the sky, like a sail becalmed, rested in all its tenderness.
  树木为山搭起了框架，在他们上面，延伸着一段大海，而其上的天空，像一面平静的帆，静静地休憩着。
• But on a warm, bright afternoon in June 2004, Horde was clearly no longer the pounding heart of the Ruhr. The place looked laid-back, becalmed.
  2004年6月，一个温暖明媚的下午，赫尔德区看上去安宁、平静，显然已不再是鲁尔地区跳动的心脏了。

权威例句

• To be sure, the sluggishness is due in part to a becalmed stock market.
  FORBES: Back To The Future
• Most of the technology sector is flattish with corporate spending on information technology becalmed.
  FORBES: Let 'Em Beat Up On Banks
• Government legislation to improve corporate governance in the wake of the scandal is currently becalmed in parliament.
  ECONOMIST: So easy to pinpoint what is wrong, so hard to put it right

词组短语

短语

• becalmed d 沉着的

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• If a ship with sails is becalmed, it cannot move because there is no wind.

柯林斯英英字典

• If a sailing ship is becalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
• If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks is becalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be.