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单词 easing
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ease /iz/USA pronunciation   n., v., eased, eas•ing. 
n. [uncountable]
  1. freedom from concern, anxiety, or worry:Let me put your mind at ease.
  2. freedom from difficulty;
    facility:We won the game with ease.
  3. freedom from financial need;
    plenty:a life of ease.

v. 
  1. [ + obj] to free from anxiety or care:The pilot's calm voice eased the passengers' fears.
  2. to (cause to) become less painful: [ + obj]:The aspirin eased his headache.[no obj]:As the aspirin took effect, his headache eased.
  3. to (cause to) become less difficult or severe: [no object]Tensions eased as the UN team arrived and organized a truce.[+ object]The two leaders have been trying to ease tension between their countries.[+ up/off + on + object]The boss has eased up on him now that he's doing good work.
  4. to (cause to) be moved or shifted with great care: [+ object]The pilot eased the plane down the runway.[no object]The plane eased down the runway, then gradually took off.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ease  (ēz),USA pronunciation n., v., eased, eas•ing. 
n. 
  1. freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance;
    tranquil rest;
    comfort:to enjoy one's ease.
  2. freedom from concern, anxiety, or solicitude;
    a quiet state of mind:to be at ease about one's health.
  3. freedom from difficulty or great effort;
    facility:It can be done with ease.
  4. freedom from financial need;
    plenty:a life of ease on a moderate income.
  5. freedom from stiffness, constraint, or formality;
    unaffectedness:ease of manner; the ease and elegance of her poetry.
  6. at ease. [Mil.]a position of rest in which soldiers may relax but may not leave their places or talk.

v.t. 
  1. to free from anxiety or care:to ease one's mind.
  2. to mitigate, lighten, or lessen:to ease pain.
  3. to release from pressure, tension, or the like.
  4. to move or shift with great care:to ease a car into a narrow parking space.
  5. to render less difficult;
    facilitate:I'll help if it will ease your job.
  6. Architectureto provide (an architectural member) with an easement.
  7. Nautical, Naval Terms[Shipbuilding.]to trim (a timber of a wooden hull) so as to fair its surface into the desired form of the hull.
  8. Naval Terms[Naut.]
    • , Nautical, Naval Termsto bring (the helm or rudder of a vessel) slowly amidships.
    • , Nautical, Naval Termsto bring the head of (a vessel) into the wind.
    • , Nautical, Naval Termsto slacken or lessen the hold upon (a rope).
    • , Nautical, Naval Termsto lessen the hold of (the brake of a windlass).

v.i. 
  1. to abate in severity, pressure, tension, etc. (often fol. by off or up).
  2. to become less painful, burdensome, etc.
  3. to move, shift, or be moved or be shifted with great care.
  4. ease out, to remove from a position of authority, a job, or the like, esp. by methods intended to be tactful:He was eased out as division head to make way for the boss's nephew.
  • Anglo-French e(i)ser, Old French aisier, derivative of the noun, nominal
  • Vulgar Latin *adjace(m), accusative of *adjacēs vicinity (compare Medieval Latin in aiace in (the) vicinity), the regular outcome of Latin adjacēns adjacent, taken in Vulgar Latin as a noun, nominal of the type nūbēs, accusative nūbem cloud; (verb, verbal) Middle English esen
  • Anglo-French ese, Old French aise, eise comfort, convenience
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English ese, eise 1175–1225
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged repose, contentment, effortlessness. Ease, comfort refer to a sense of relaxation or of well-being. Ease implies a relaxed condition with an absence of effort or pressure:a life of ease.Comfort suggests a sense of well-being, along with ease, which produces a quiet happiness and contentment:comfort in one's old age.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged tranquillity, serenity, calmness, peace.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged naturalness, informality.
    • 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged comfort, relieve, disburden; tranquilize, soothe.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alleviate, assuage, allay, abate, reduce.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged discomfort, effort.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged disturbance.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stiffness, formality, tenseness.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ease /iːz/ n
  1. freedom from discomfort, worry, or anxiety
  2. lack of difficulty, labour, or awkwardness; facility
  3. rest, leisure, or relaxation
  4. freedom from poverty or financial embarrassment; affluence: a life of ease
  5. lack of restraint, embarrassment, or stiffness: his ease of manner disarmed us
  6. at ease(of a standing soldier, etc) in a relaxed position with the feet apart and hands linked behind the back
  7. a command to adopt such a position
  8. in a relaxed attitude or frame of mind
vb
  1. to make or become less burdensome
  2. (transitive) to relieve (a person) of worry or care; comfort
  3. (transitive) to make comfortable or give rest to
  4. (transitive) to make less difficult; facilitate
  5. to move or cause to move into, out of, etc, with careful manipulation
  6. when intr, often followed by off or up: to lessen or cause to lessen in severity, pressure, tension, or strain; slacken, loosen, or abate
  7. ease oneself, ease naturearchaic euphemistic to urinate or defecate
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French aise ease, opportunity, from Latin adjacēns neighbouring (area); see adjacent
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