| 单词 | sobering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsobering ˈsobering n. and adj. also with down. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation allegeancec1325 swaging1340 legeancec1390 mitigationa1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleging?a1425 alleviation?a1425 lighteningc1425 queeming1440 allevation1502 soberinga1510 extenuation1542 assuagement1561 releasement1569 assuaging1580 assuage1596 mitification1607 allayment1609 palliation1813 soothing1847 the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > composing or calming lullingc1440 quieting1634 composing1644 appeasing1648 lenient1652 quietivea1683 hesychastic1694 anodyne1790 tranquillizing1801 sobering1816 becalming1827 antiphlogistic1840 calminga1853 anodynic1904 anodynous1904 stress-relieving1947 chill-out1990 a1510 G. Douglas King Hart 238 His wound to wesche, in sobering of his sair. 1816 J. Austen Emma II. ii. 24 The sobering suggestions of her own good understanding. View more context for this quotation a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) III. vii. 141 These were words which could not but dwell with her... They were of sobering tendency. View more context for this quotation 1831 Society 1 286 The cogitations of the Countess had not been without their sobering effect on her temper. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 146 Tidings of a very sobering nature had just reached him. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Aug. 3/3 An enterprising American has initiated a new system of what is called..‘sobering-up’. 1975 B. Meyrick Behind Light xiv. 183 The sobering-down item of community hymn singing. < as lemmas |
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