| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-become-calm-or-make-someone-calm |
| 释义 | to become calm or make someone calmThese words all refer to becoming calm after being angry, nervous, or excited, or making someone who is angry, nervous, or excited calm. When someone becomes calm again after being angry, upset, or excited, you say that they have calmed down. You can also use calm down to talk about making someone calm. Dad was really angry and it was a long time before he calmed down. She had scraped her knee and was crying, but I calmed her down. The verb calm is used when you stop someone from being upset, angry, or nervous. It is slightly more formal than calm down. He calmed the crying baby. You must calm yourself. If someone who is angry or excited settles down, they become calm and quieter. You can also use settle down to talk about making someone calm and quiet. Children, settle down and take your seats! We settled the baby down for a nap. He needs to stop yelling and settle down. You can tell someone who is angry to become calm by saying simmer down. Simmer down is only used to describe becoming calm; you cannot use simmer down to talk about making a person calm. Okay, simmer down - no one's trying to upset you. A person who is angry and must become calm can cool down or cool off. In informal contexts, you can also tell that person to chill out. Cool down, cool off, and chill out are most often used in their infinitive forms or as imperatives. Why don't you go for a walk and cool off? You need to cool down a bit before answering that letter. Mum, chill out! I'll be home before midnight, I promise! If you do something to try to make someone calmer and less upset or angry, you are trying to placate or mollify them. Both words are more common in writing than in speech, and mollify is often used in the passive voice. The company made many concessions in an attempt to placate the trade union. He issued an apology, but it's unclear whether that will mollify his critics. The opposition were not mollified by the compromise. If you pacify someone who is angry or upset, you do something to make them feel calm and satisfied with the result. Pacify is used more in writing than in speech. The treaty was signed and the rebels pacified. If you soothe someone, you make them feel calmer. Soothe is often used to refer to upset babies or children. He soothed the crying baby. Camomile is thought to be soothing and calming. In UK English, you can use quieten or quieten down when you make someone who is upset become calm and less noisy, or when a person calms themselves and becomes less noisy. Quieten is not very common. In US English, you would use quiet or quiet down, which is more common. UKThe dogs will quieten down as soon as they get used to you. UKThe children eventually quietened. USAll right, everyone, quiet down so we can begin the movie! USThe crying child quieted when he was offered ice cream. Related articlesa calm person |
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