| 释义 |
Definition of pacific in English: pacificadjective pəˈsɪfɪkpəˈsɪfɪk 1Peaceful in character or intent. Example sentencesExamples - At first he was reluctant to accept my aid but once I played a soothing and pacific melody from my flute his spirit was calmed.
- Enforcing the isolation of this callow and callous ruler is the least that a humane and pacific foreign policy must aim for.
- He seemed a pacific, reform-minded monarch, and educated liberals hoped for great things from him.
- His face was pacific and showing a hint of content.
- Thus, even though all states may possess thoroughly pacific intentions, international competition and conflict may still arise.
- Our government is committed… to pursue all diplomatic and political - and hence pacific - efforts to obtain satisfaction.
- Sadly, the Empress is quite pacific, though if her intention was to appear worshipful, she didn't quite succeed.
- Your winning strategy is one of pacific resistance rather than dynamic offensive today.
- Gulls fluttered above the breakers, sentries at the entrance to this more pacific kingdom.
- And it is hard to find anyone who speaks with administration officials off the record who believes their publicly pacific intentions.
- I have taken many out-of-towners along this trail and they often marvel at the pacific nature of the dogs that congregate there.
- In the midst of a violent and haggard existence Thomas takes an hour out of his day to practice piano in the modest living room of a quiet, pacific piano teacher.
- As the cool water slowly soothes away my unjustified frustration, I feel my neck muscles relaxing and know my features are easing back to pacific calm.
Synonyms peace-loving, peaceable, pacifist, anti-war, non-violent, non-aggressive, non-belligerent, non-combative, conflict-free, mild, gentle, equable, dovelike, dovish rare pacifistic conciliatory, peacemaking, placatory, placating, propitiatory, appeasing, mollifying, calming, mediatory, mediating, diplomatic rare irenic 2Relating to the Pacific Ocean. Example sentencesExamples - After weathering an overnight Pacific storm in Kiakoura, it seemed that our days of endless sunshine were up.
- The richest range of blue I ever saw came onboard flights throughout Pacific islands.
- Furthermore, Hawaii was a major naval base from which we operated our Pacific fleet.
- Three of the six existing Pacific coast buoys have had malfunctions in recent months.
- The lake has 2,000 miles of shoreline, more than the entire US Pacific coast.
- For two years they had taught for the Peace Corps in the Pacific island country of Tuvalu, before spending a further year in Fiji.
- China now ranks fourth by value in the list of export markets targeted by the Pacific seaboard states of the US.
- This method would be of special relevance to Caribbean and Pacific island nations.
- The only flat, traversable region of the Isthmus is on the Pacific side - where the coastal Zapotecs live.
- Route 1 is one of the great journeys in the world, a winding highway that hugs the Pacific coast up to San Francisco.
- She'd been on her scheduled Western Pacific patrol when word went out that a boat was down.
- Their exhibition features traditional and contemporary Pacific art and carvings.
- Similar problems have afflicted, to varying degrees, the five species of Pacific salmon which are listed in the box.
- There are French pidgins and Creoles in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian and Pacific oceans.
- The trust sends medical and educational supplies to Pacific families in need.
- For years, New Zealand rugby officials have talked a great game about helping Pacific island rugby.
- Incidentally, a red sockeye Pacific salmon came out of the Leven recently, a real mystery.
- But these eastern Pacific islands are as desirable diving destinations as you'll ever find.
- He promoted the welfare of Pacific peoples, especially indentured labourers.
- Paone calls the transfer of diseases between wild and caged salmon a threat to Pacific salmon stocks.
noun pəˈsɪfɪkpəˈsɪfɪk 2A steam locomotive of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. Example sentencesExamples - During the 1940s and into 1950 most of the motive power for these trains consisted of F - 15 light Pacifics, with an occasional A - 16 Atlantic being used.
- Adhesion between steel rail and steel wheel is limited, and only about 56 tons weight could be carried on three coupled axles of the Pacifics; new locomotives, or a reduction in train loads were possibilities, but so was another rebuild.
- We have a very varied collection, from North East Colliery locomotives to world famous Pacifics such as Sir Nigel Gresley and Blue Peter.
- Despite the beautiful alignment of the main line out of London there are some fearsome grades on most lines elsewhere on the network, and visiting Pacifics have often been in bad trouble on these sections.
- An F - 16 locomotive was frequently seen, and in the late forties the Pacifics brought down from Michigan were also seen frequently.
Origin Mid 16th century: from French pacifique or Latin pacificus 'peacemaking', from pax, pac- 'peace'. peace from Middle English: Peace is from Old French pais, from Latin pax ‘peace’. The phrase no peace for the wicked comes from Isaiah 48:22 (There is no peace to the wicked, saith the Lord). In legal texts, the word pacific (mid 16th century), from the same root, still retains its early meaning ‘free from strife, peaceful’. In 1520 the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the stormy waters of the strait between what is now Tierra Del Fuego and mainland Chile. To his relief he emerged to calm seas, so called the ocean Mar Pacifico ‘tranquil sea’. The treacherous sound he passed through is still the Strait of Magellan. Pacify (Late Middle English) and pacifism (early 20th century) go back to the same root, as does appease (Middle English), literally ‘bring to a peaceful state’. See also pay
Rhymes anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, colorific, hieroglyphic, honorific, horrific, Indo-Pacific, prolific, scientific, soporific, specific, terrific, transpacific, triglyphic Definition of pacific in US English: pacificadjectivepəˈsifikpəˈsɪfɪk 1Peaceful in character or intent. Example sentencesExamples - He seemed a pacific, reform-minded monarch, and educated liberals hoped for great things from him.
- Your winning strategy is one of pacific resistance rather than dynamic offensive today.
- At first he was reluctant to accept my aid but once I played a soothing and pacific melody from my flute his spirit was calmed.
- Enforcing the isolation of this callow and callous ruler is the least that a humane and pacific foreign policy must aim for.
- As the cool water slowly soothes away my unjustified frustration, I feel my neck muscles relaxing and know my features are easing back to pacific calm.
- Sadly, the Empress is quite pacific, though if her intention was to appear worshipful, she didn't quite succeed.
- His face was pacific and showing a hint of content.
- I have taken many out-of-towners along this trail and they often marvel at the pacific nature of the dogs that congregate there.
- Our government is committed… to pursue all diplomatic and political - and hence pacific - efforts to obtain satisfaction.
- And it is hard to find anyone who speaks with administration officials off the record who believes their publicly pacific intentions.
- Gulls fluttered above the breakers, sentries at the entrance to this more pacific kingdom.
- In the midst of a violent and haggard existence Thomas takes an hour out of his day to practice piano in the modest living room of a quiet, pacific piano teacher.
- Thus, even though all states may possess thoroughly pacific intentions, international competition and conflict may still arise.
Synonyms peace-loving, peaceable, pacifist, anti-war, non-violent, non-aggressive, non-belligerent, non-combative, conflict-free, mild, gentle, equable, dovelike, dovish conciliatory, peacemaking, placatory, placating, propitiatory, appeasing, mollifying, calming, mediatory, mediating, diplomatic 2PacificRelating to the Pacific Ocean. Example sentencesExamples - China now ranks fourth by value in the list of export markets targeted by the Pacific seaboard states of the US.
- The lake has 2,000 miles of shoreline, more than the entire US Pacific coast.
- Three of the six existing Pacific coast buoys have had malfunctions in recent months.
- Their exhibition features traditional and contemporary Pacific art and carvings.
- Route 1 is one of the great journeys in the world, a winding highway that hugs the Pacific coast up to San Francisco.
- Paone calls the transfer of diseases between wild and caged salmon a threat to Pacific salmon stocks.
- She'd been on her scheduled Western Pacific patrol when word went out that a boat was down.
- The richest range of blue I ever saw came onboard flights throughout Pacific islands.
- Furthermore, Hawaii was a major naval base from which we operated our Pacific fleet.
- The only flat, traversable region of the Isthmus is on the Pacific side - where the coastal Zapotecs live.
- The trust sends medical and educational supplies to Pacific families in need.
- This method would be of special relevance to Caribbean and Pacific island nations.
- After weathering an overnight Pacific storm in Kiakoura, it seemed that our days of endless sunshine were up.
- But these eastern Pacific islands are as desirable diving destinations as you'll ever find.
- There are French pidgins and Creoles in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian and Pacific oceans.
- He promoted the welfare of Pacific peoples, especially indentured labourers.
- For two years they had taught for the Peace Corps in the Pacific island country of Tuvalu, before spending a further year in Fiji.
- Incidentally, a red sockeye Pacific salmon came out of the Leven recently, a real mystery.
- Similar problems have afflicted, to varying degrees, the five species of Pacific salmon which are listed in the box.
- For years, New Zealand rugby officials have talked a great game about helping Pacific island rugby.
nounpəˈsifikpəˈsɪfɪk 2A steam locomotive of 4-6-2 wheel arrangement. Example sentencesExamples - During the 1940s and into 1950 most of the motive power for these trains consisted of F - 15 light Pacifics, with an occasional A - 16 Atlantic being used.
- Despite the beautiful alignment of the main line out of London there are some fearsome grades on most lines elsewhere on the network, and visiting Pacifics have often been in bad trouble on these sections.
- Adhesion between steel rail and steel wheel is limited, and only about 56 tons weight could be carried on three coupled axles of the Pacifics; new locomotives, or a reduction in train loads were possibilities, but so was another rebuild.
- An F - 16 locomotive was frequently seen, and in the late forties the Pacifics brought down from Michigan were also seen frequently.
- We have a very varied collection, from North East Colliery locomotives to world famous Pacifics such as Sir Nigel Gresley and Blue Peter.
Origin Mid 16th century: from French pacifique or Latin pacificus ‘peacemaking’, from pax, pac- ‘peace’. |