单词	peaceable
释义	peaceablepeace‧a‧ble /ˈpiːsəbəl/ adjective literary Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A peaceable and orderly crowd staged a protest outside city hall. a peaceable kingdom EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose. Nor is there any question in this case that their behavior is peaceable and orderly. So I led a peaceable life, isolated from the intermittent scientific squabbles over who had first rights to which animals. The Fermanagh Armstrongs seemed peaceable enough. They were peaceable, but none the less enforced clearances. Until the 1970s primatologists were busy confirming our prejudices about peaceable apes living in nonviolent societies. Word family WORD FAMILYnounpeacepeacefulnesspacifierpacifismpacifistadjectivepeacefulpeaceablepacifistadverbpeacefullypeaceablyverbpacify 1someone who is peaceable does not like fighting or arguing → pacifist OPP  violent, aggressive:  He’s always been a very peaceable man.2a peaceable situation or way of doing something is calm, without any violence or fighting:  We are now hoping for a peaceable end to this dispute.—peaceably adverb:  The two communities live together quite peaceably.
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