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单词 sedately
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
se•date /sɪˈdeɪt/USA pronunciation   adj., v., -dat•ed, -dat•ing. 
adj. 
  1. calm, quiet, or composed:Unlike her lively friend, she was quiet and sedate.

v. [+ object]
  1. Medicineto cause to become sleepy or calm, as by taking a sedative:The nurse sedated the patient before the operation.
se•date•ly, adv.: She glided sedately down the hall.
se•da•tion /sɪˈdeɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]The patient is under sedation.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
se•date  (si dāt),USA pronunciation adj., v., -dat•ed, -dat•ing. 
adj. 
  1. calm, quiet, or composed;
    undisturbed by passion or excitement:a sedate party; a sedate horse.

v.t. 
  1. Medicineto put (a person) under sedation.
  • Latin sēdātus (past participle of sēdāre to allay, quieten); akin to sedēre to sit1
  • 1640–50
se•dately, adv. 
se•dateness, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged collected, serene, unruffled, unperturbed. See staid. 

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