still one's fears
collocation消除某人的恐惧；使某人的恐惧平静下来
She took a deep breath to still her fears.
她深吸一口气以消除恐惧。
使平静；使安静；安抚
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使平静；使安静；安抚
to make calm and quiet
She stilled her nerves with a few deep breaths before the interview.
面试前她做了几次深呼吸，使自己的情绪平静下来。
使平静；使安静
To calm down, to quiet.
使滴落
To cause to fall by drops.
通过加热蒸馏或蒸发并在冷凝器中冷凝；蒸馏
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
still
Base
原形
stills
3rd person
第三人称单数
stilling
-ing
现在分词
stilled
Past
过去式
stilled
Past participle
过去分词
He stills the engine.
他使发动机静止。
She stilled the crowd.
她平息了人群。
They have stilled the waters.
他们已经使水面平静。
The teacher raised a hand to still the excited chatter in the classroom.
老师举起一只手，让教室里兴奋的叽叽喳喳声安静下来。
He stilled the frightened puppy by speaking in a soft, calm voice.
他用轻柔平静的声音说话，让受惊的小狗安静下来。
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消除某人的恐惧；使某人的恐惧平静下来
She took a deep breath to still her fears.
她深吸一口气以消除恐惧。
让某人的心平静下来；使某人内心宁静
Meditation helps to still the mind.
冥想有助于让心灵平静下来。
使人群安静下来
The speaker raised his hand to still the crowd.
演讲者举手让人群安静下来。
让哭闹的婴儿安静下来
She sang a lullaby to still the crying baby.
她唱摇篮曲让哭闹的婴儿安静下来。
平息风暴；使风暴平静下来
Jesus stilled the storm on the Sea of Galilee.
耶稣平息了加利利海上的风暴。
平息吵闹声；使噪声安静下来
The teacher stilled the noise with a single look.
老师一个眼神就让吵闹声安静下来。
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联想：水杯晃动时喊still让它平静；蒸馏器也叫still，液体静静滴落。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、formal speech 作动词表示“使平静、使安静”时，多用于较正式的书面语或文学语境；日常口语更常用 calm down 或 quiet。
单词 still /stɪl/ 与 bill、fill、hill、kill、will、ill 押韵，都读 /ɪl/。注意形近词 style /staɪl/、stile /staɪl/、steal /stiːl/、steel /stiːl/、stall /stɔːl/ 发音不同，不要混淆。
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