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单词 tranquillize
释义

tranquillizev.

/ˈtraŋkwɪlʌɪz/
Forms: Also 1700s– (now U.S.) tranquilize.
Etymology: < tranquil adj. + -ize suffix, or < French tranquilliser (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).
1. transitive. To render tranquil; to calm, soothe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)]
softa1225
stilla1325
coolc1330
accoya1375
appeasec1374
attemperc1386
lullc1386
quieta1398
peasea1400
amesec1400
assuagec1400
mesec1400
soberc1430
modify?a1439
establish1477
establish1477
pacify1484
pacify1515
unbrace?1526
settle1530
steady1530
allay1550
calm1559
compromitc1574
restore1582
recollect1587
serenize1598
smooth1604
compose1607
recompose1611
becalm1613
besoothe1614
unprovokea1616
halcyon1616
unstrain1616
leniate1622
tranquillize1623
unperplexa1631
belull1631
sedate1646
unmaze1647
assopiatea1649
serenate1654
serene1654
tranquillify1683
soothe1697
unalarm1722
reserene1755
quietize1791
peacify1845
quieten1853
conjure1856
peace1864
disfever1880
patise1891
de-tension1961
mellow1974
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Tranquillize, to quiet or pacifie.
1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence ii. xix Joys without a name, That, while they rapture, tranquillize the mind.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. viii. ii. 172 Tranquillize, I conjure you, your agitated spirits.
1835 N. P. Willis Pencillings I. iii. 22 It tranquillises the mind as well as the body.
1836 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 313/2 He [Lord Stanley] denied that the Bill..would ‘tranquillize’ Ireland, as it was called.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xi. 78 A cigar which he lighted for the purpose tranquilized him.
2. intransitive. To become tranquil or quiet.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)]
saughtelc1400
breathe1485
pacify1509
settle1591
compose1663
to breathe freely (also easy, easily)1695
tranquillize1748
cool1836
simmer down1842
calm1877
relax1907
to cool it1952
to Zen out1968
mellow1974
to take a chill pill1981
chillax1994
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. i. 11 I'll try, as I ride in my chariot, to tranquillize.
1797 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 396 How much better for England,..that her sons should tranquillize.
1814 Ld. Byron Corsair ii. iv. 36 'Twas but a moment's peevish hectic past Along his cheek, and tranquillized as fast.

Derivatives

ˈtranquillizing adj. and n. (also tranquilizing) U.S.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] > action of calming
lullingc1394
quietation?1504
mellowing1528
cooling1588
collection1602
sedation1616
becalming1625
calming1699
soothings1745
tranquillizing1801
soothing1813
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
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > other miscellaneous treatments
majoration1626
relaxant1661
diaeresis1706
blistering1711
Perkinism1798
tranquillizing1801
tractoration1803
tractorism1827
moxibustion1833
traction1841
remediation1850
moxocausis1857
bed-rest1872
aerotherapeutics1876
aerotherapy1876
metallotherapy1877
block1882
counter-irritation1882
bacteriotherapy1886
mechanotherapy1890
mobilization1890
seismotherapy1901
bacterization1902
replacement therapy1902
biotherapy1912
occupational therapy1915
protein therapy1917
psychophysicotherapeutics1922
recovery programme1922
plombage1933
bacteriostasis1936
oestrogenization1960
hyperalimentation1962
vegetablization1963
pain management1966
palliative care1967
gene therapy1970
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [adjective] > tranquillizing
nepenthean1650
tranquillizing1801
ataractic1955
neuroleptic1958
psycholeptic1959
1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 152 The Old Man tranquilly Up his curled pipe inhales The tranquillizing herb.
1827 E. Sutleffe Ess. Insanity 13 Extract. Glecomæ constituted my principal remedial source. Its tranquillising effects became immediately operative.
1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal v. 80 Then [I] beheld the tranquillizing moon-rise.
1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) i. iii. 19 The tranquillizing of a sort of uneasiness.
1954 Proc. N.Y. Acad. Sci. LIX. 41 Reserpine, like Rauwolfia, acts well in combination with other hypotensive drugs. Perhaps because of its peculiar tranquilizing, sedative effect, it smooths the course of the hypotensive response of such drugs.
1955 Sci. Amer. Oct. 80/1 The new tranquilizing drugs have introduced a new regime in the management of patients in mental hospitals.
1962 R. L. Carson Silent Spring ii. 13 When the public protests..it is fed little tranquilizing pills of half truth.
1974 K. Clark Another Part of Wood vi. 223 ‘Never let the Tories get ye, Kenneth’ he [sc. Ramsay Macdonald] would say, as Lady Londonderry offered him a Tranquillising pill.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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