| 单词 | stress-reducer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstress-reducer b. With participles, forming compounds in which stress (now usually in sense 7) expresses the object of the underlying verb, as in stress-inducing, stress-reducing, etc. Similarly with agent nouns, as in stress-reducer, etc.See also stress reliever n. 2, stress-relieving adj. 2. ΚΠ 1942 Med. Clinics N. Amer. 26 1324 Analysis of the results indicated an additive effect of age upon stress-inducing experience (hours of driving in this case) in the production of fatigue. 1950 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 55 351/1 They..would be driven to seek their stress-alleviating diversions in objects of a more ‘serious’ character. 1976 Higher Educ. 5 62 The single greatest stress reducer was the number of hours worked each week. 1991 Utne Reader July 125/2 (advt.) Stress-easing music. 1997 Sun 26 Dec. 8/1 The more beautiful your bowl and the better stocked it is, the less likely you are to turn to stress-enhancing snack foods. 2019 Chronicle (Toowoomba, Queensland) (Nexis) 24 Aug. 14 Gardening is one of the most enjoyable, stress-reducing and somewhat meditative pastimes. < as lemmas |
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