still sb/sth
still 作及物动词，意为使平静、使安静，常用于文学或正式语境。
She stilled the crying baby with a soft song.
她用轻柔的歌声让哭闹的婴儿安静下来。
使滴落；使滴下；蒸馏；使平静；使安静；使滴落；通过加热蒸馏或蒸发并在冷凝器中冷凝；蒸馏
to make calm and quiet
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.
一般现在时
He stills the engine.
他使发动机静止。
一般过去时
She stilled the crowd.
她平息了人群。
现在完成时
They have stilled the waters.
他们已经使水面平静。
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。
用法提示：这里 stilled 是动词 still 的过去式，表示“使平静”。
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。
用法提示：still 作动词，表示“使安静、使停止喧闹”。
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。
用法提示：stilled 是 still 的过去式，带宾语，表示“安抚、使平静”。
still 作及物动词，意为使平静、使安静，常用于文学或正式语境。
She stilled the crying baby with a soft song.
她用轻柔的歌声让哭闹的婴儿安静下来。
still 也可作不及物动词，表示变得平静或平息，多用于描写自然现象（如风、海）。
The wind stilled at sunset.
风在日落时平息了。
still 作及物动词，意为蒸馏，常与 from 连用表示原料。
The distillery stills whiskey from fermented grain.
这家酿酒厂用发酵的谷物蒸馏威士忌。
grammar · medium
易错句子The mother still her crying baby and he fell asleep.
正确表达The mother stilled her crying baby and he fell asleep.
英语动词要靠词形变化表示过去时间，而汉语动词没有时态变化，所以中国学习者容易漏掉 -ed。still 作动词时过去式、过去分词都是 stilled，本句叙述的是已经发生的动作，必须用 stilled，不能保留原形 still。
grammar · medium
易错句子She stilled down her frightened child.
正确表达She stilled her frightened child.
still 作动词是及物动词，后面直接接宾语，本身不跟副词小品词 down；表示“使平静下来”的短语是 calm down。中国学习者常把 calm down 的结构套到 still 上，造出英语中不存在的 still down。改正时去掉 down，让 still 直接带宾语即可。
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。
蒸馏时需加热液体，使其汽化。
液体受热后形成的蒸气是蒸馏的中间产物。
蒸气冷却后凝结回液体，完成蒸馏过程。
蒸馏依赖蒸发将液体转变为气体。
蒸馏的对象通常是液体混合物。
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