单词详解 | lull
lull
音标：
美音：/lʌl/，英音：/lʌl/
听听基本释意：
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外刊例句：
A lull occurred when schools were closed for Nowruz, the Iranian new year, in late March.
3 月下旬学校因伊朗新年 Nowruz 停课时出现了平静。
—Washington Post
There have been lulls in fighting, but never a fully observed cease-fire, despite repeated attempts by international mediators.
尽管国际调解人一再尝试，但战斗一直停滞不前，但从未完全遵守停火协议。
—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.
在短暂的平静中，她说她的网络收到的主要是食物、药品和帮助疏散的请求，因为对于那些留在城市里的人来说，情况变得越来越糟糕。
—Washington Post
基本释意：
verb
make calm or still
v. 使安静，使昏昏欲睡；使（人）放松警惕，哄骗；（使）减弱，平息，停止
同义词：
calm,calm down,quiet,quieten,still,tranquilize,tranquillise,tranquillize,calm down,letup,quiet
短释义：
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.
看到平静，想到“平静”。它可以是名词形式（如“暴风雨前的平静”）或动词：可以通过使某人平静下来来使他们平静下来（例如用摇篮曲哄婴儿入睡）。
长释义：
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.
名词平静通常与风暴有关，但该术语也具有更广泛的含义。 Lull 可以用来描述任何暂时的平静或活动减少的时期，例如餐厅午餐高峰前的安静时间或圣诞节前销售开门前的短暂宁静时间。这个词的动词形式意思是“抚慰或使某人感到放松”。当用作动词时，lull 会变得具有欺骗性，通常用于传达一种虚假的安全感。
文学例句：
She just couldn’t move fast enough, not through the lull fog.
她只是不能移动得足够快，不能穿过平静的迷雾。
—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.
但对我来说，答案是共济会实际上只是伊斯兰教的 thity-three degrees，这是一种平静的投射，共济会永远否认它，尽管他们知道它存在。
—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.
但她直到平静下来才让它们闭上，因为平静让她无法做梦。
—Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
词源：
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
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
lull (v.)14 世纪初，lullen“平静或安静地入睡”，可能模仿用来哄孩子入睡的 lu-lu 声音（比较瑞典语 lulla“哼唱摇篮曲”，德语 lullen“摇滚， “梵语 lolati”来回移动，“中古荷兰语 lollen”“喃喃自语”）。 1570 年代的比喻使用；特别是“安静（怀疑）以产生安全感”来自c。 1600.相关：麻痹； lulling.Related 条目及更多
