英语词汇“allay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	allay
释义	al·lay I. \əˈlā, aˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English alayen, aleggen, from Old English ālecgan, from ā- (perfective prefix) + lecgan to lay — more at abear, lay *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : overthrow, subdue < allay this thy abortive pride — Shakespeare > 2. : to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate, relieve, abate < this ration is palatable, very rapidly allays hunger — H.G.Armstrong > < widely used in our community to allay aches — Ben Riker > < sought … to catch every river breeze to allay the summer heat — Maxwell Mays > 3. : to put at rest (as disquiet, fear, or suspicion) : make quiet : pacify, appease, quell, calm < some answer to allay all his anxieties — Norman Kelman > < the turmoil that had been partly allayed returned — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < competition was embittered rather than allayed — Times Literary Supplement > 4. a. : to limit the pleasurable or good effect of : moderate by something unpleasant < the victors' joy was allayed by the death of their prince > b. : weaken, diminish, qualify *intransitive verb* obsolete : to diminish in strength : subside < when the rage allays — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see relieve II. noun (-s) 1. archaic : alleviation, abatement 2. obsolete : check, stoppage III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English alayen, from Middle French alayer, aleier, aloier, alier to combine, from Latin alligare to bind, bind to — more at ally archaic : alloy IV. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English alay, from Middle French alay, aloi, from alayer, aloier, v. archaic : alloy
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