单词	placidity
释义	placidplac‧id /ˈplæsɪd/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINplacid Origin: 1600-1700 Latin placidus, from placere; ➔ PLEASE2 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES his placid round face She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry. The setting sun turned the placid ocean into a sea of gold. There was a worried look on her normally placid face. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All the eye can see are evergreens, a placid body of water and the occasional loon. Half-closed, dozy eyes usually belong to a placid, lazy horse. He seemed to be placid and even cheerful. My second child, for instance, was a placid baby who fed to routine from his earliest day and rarely cried. Phlegmatic: this type has a placid nature and tends to be lazy. She floated listening on the placid amniotic tides. Some infants are intense, while others are more relaxed; some are squirmy and restless, while others are placid. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorusually calm► calm always sensible and relaxed, rather than getting angry, excited, or upset in a difficult situation: · Joe is a very calm and competent flying instructor.· My sister was always calm and careful, whereas I would get excited and upset by the slightest thing.· He has such a calm soothing voice - I could listen to him all night. ► relaxed someone who is relaxed is calm and does not seem to be worried about anything, and it is pleasant for other people to be with them: · George greeted us in his friendly relaxed way.· You seem much more relaxed since you changed jobs. ► laid-back informal always relaxed and never seeming to worry about things that other people worry about: · Sue's always had a laid-back attitude toward life.· He's very laid-back and lets the kids do whatever they want. ► placid always calm and satisfied and not often getting upset, angry, excited etc about anything: · She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry.· There was a worried look on her normally placid face. 1a placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to:  a large, placid baby She sat still, placid and waiting.2calm and peaceful:  The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.—placidly adverb:  Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.—placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]
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