quell
英[kwel]
美[kwɛl]
- vt. 平息；镇压；减轻；消除
- n. (Quell)人名；(捷)奎尔；(西)克利
词态变化
第三人称单数: quells;过去式: quelled;过去分词: quelled;现在分词: quelling;
助记提示
1. kill => quell.
中文词源
quell 制止，阻止
来自古英语cwellan,杀死，谋杀，执行死刑，来自PIE*gwele,扔，投掷，词源同ballistic,kill. 词义由扔，投掷引申为刺，杀。后引申词义制止，阻止。
英文词源
- quell
- quell: [OE] Quell and kill are probably closely related – indeed, in Old and Middle English quell was used for ‘kill’ (‘birds and small beasts with his bow he quells’, William of Palerne 1350). Quell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *kwaljan (source also of German quälen ‘torture’), which may have had a variant *kuljan, that could have produced English kill. The milder modern sense of quell developed in the 14th century.
- quell (v.)
- Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cognates: Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root *gwele- (1) "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cognates: Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelti "to sting;" see ballistics). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c. 1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.
双语例句
- 1. He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.
- 他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances.
- 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.
- 士兵们被派去平息骚乱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Troops were called in to quell the violence.
- 部队被调来平息暴力事件.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Aspirin will quell your headache.
- 阿斯匹林将止住你的头疼.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》