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单词 pacific
释义 pacific
 /peuh sif"ik/,  adj.  
  1. tending to make or preserve peace; conciliatory: pacific overtures.
  2. not warlike; peaceable; mild: a pacific disposition.
  3. at peace; peaceful: a pacific era in history.
  4. calm; tranquil: The Wabash is a pacific river.
  5. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Pacific Ocean.
  6. (cap.) of or pertaining to the region bordering on the Pacific Ocean: the Pacific states.
 n. (cap.)
  7. See Pacific Ocean.
  8. a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck. See table under Whyte classification
 [1540-50; < L pacificus lit., peacemaking, equiv. to paci- (comb. form of pax) PEACE + -ficus -FIC ]
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