becalmed
音标发音
- 英式音标 [bɪˈkɑːmd]
- 美式音标 [bɪˈkɑːmd]
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基本解释
- adj. 平静的；因无风而停止不能前进的
英汉例句
- 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。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
英英字典
- If a ship with sails is becalmed, it cannot move because there is no wind.
- 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.