Word
pacifier
安抚者;调停者
核心释义
此处指‘带来和平的人’,非‘婴儿奶嘴’
someone who tries to bring peace
- 1.
使平静的人或物。
Someone or something that pacifies.
- 2.
调解者
someone who tries to bring peace
- 3.
安抚物
anything that serves to pacify
- 4.
婴儿吮吸或咬嚼的器具
device used for an infant to suck or bite on
使平静的人或物。;调解者;安抚物;婴儿吮吸或咬嚼的器具;奶嘴
用法In use
During the meeting, Maria acted as the pacifier between the two angry teams.
用法提示:这里的 pacifier 是名词,指‘调解人、安抚者’。
The teacher was the pacifier who calmed the children's argument in the classroom.
用法提示:pacifier 作可数名词,表示‘平息争端的人’。
In many families, the mother often becomes the pacifier when relatives disagree.
用法提示:pacifier 在这里指‘调解者’,是名词。
give + [baby] + a pacifier
She gave the crying baby a pacifier.
她给哭闹的宝宝一个安抚奶嘴。
use + a pacifier
pacifier 可指安抚奶嘴,也可指安抚他人的人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- suck on a pacifier
- 吸安抚奶嘴
- The baby was happily sucking on a pacifier.宝宝正开心地吸着安抚奶嘴。
- give the baby a pacifier
- 给宝宝安抚奶嘴
- She gave the baby a pacifier to stop the crying.她给了宝宝一个安抚奶嘴,让他不哭了。
- sterilize the pacifier
- 给安抚奶嘴消毒
- Always sterilize the pacifier before the first use.首次使用前一定要给安抚奶嘴消毒。
- pacifier clip
- 安抚奶嘴夹
- A pacifier clip keeps the pacifier within reach.安抚奶嘴夹能保持安抚奶嘴在孩子够得着的地方。
- pacifier use
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
pacify(安抚)加 -er,安抚宝宝哭闹的奶嘴。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:diplomatic negotiations、formal writing 表示“调停者/安抚者”时,通常用于较正式或书面语境,多出现在外交谈判和严肃文章中;日常口语较少这么用,更常说 peacemaker 或 mediator。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes: fire, liar, buyer, flyer, dryer, and tire all end with the /aɪɚ/ sound. Pacifier shares that sound at the end, spelled -fier. Beware lookalikes that sound different: pacify /ˈpæsəfaɪ/ ends in /faɪ/ and pacific /pəˈsɪfɪk/ has a different vowel.
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