| 词汇 | steadied |
| 释义 | steadied past simple and past participle ofsteady steady verb[ T ] uk /ˈsted.i/ us /ˈsted.i/ steadyverb[T] (STOP MOVING)to make something stop shaking or moving: 使稳定；使固定不动 He wobbled around on the bike and then steadied himself.他在自行车上摇晃了几下，随后便稳住了自己。 He steadied his rifle on the wall and fired.他把步枪抵在墙上稳住，然后开火。 Making things more or less smooth or straight bunch bunch (something) up coarsen coarsening creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker rumple sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down wrinkle steadyverb[T] (CONTROL)to become calm and controlled, or to make someone do this: （使）冷静，（使）镇定下来 Some people say that a drink will steady your nerves.有些人说喝杯酒能稳定情绪。 Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread chill compose let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation self-soothe settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down Examples of steadiedsteadied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Oil has steadied, and even declined, as an economic driver. Sophia carefully explained that sometimes spirit writers worked better in pairs in which one steadied the hand of the other who was holding the pen. The quota has very much steadied the market, which was going down very rapidly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Prices generally have steadied during the past few days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The logic behind that has been greatly reinforced by the subsequent fall in the value of sterling, even though that value has recently steadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a significant increase in the number of women in employment between 1973 and 1989, after which participation rates steadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been steadied but, at the present time, it is not possible to say that there will not be a considerable monthly deficit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To take an extreme case, a tired person might drive better rather than worse if he had revived or steadied himself with a single whisky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By this means all traffic would be steadied up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That steadied the men, and they got their sights on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are so frightened that they are not prepared to behave in the way they would behave if only their nerves could be steadied slightly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Developments over the last 10 days indicate that the market is settling down and prices have steadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It steadied, and almost levelled out, in the last two quarters of last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was more effective collection of taxes, and the rouble had steadied in value. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It steadied public opinion and the loss generally would have been far greater if they had not continued. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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