becalm

An archaic verb meaning to make calm or still, especially used in nautical contexts to describe a ship being left motionless due to lack of wind.

• 🇨🇳指使某物静止或平静下来，尤用于航海语境中表示船因无风而无法移动。

1. Make steady or calm C2 formal

   To make something steady, calm, or still, especially in reference to the sea or wind.

   • The ship was becalmed in the middle of the ocean for days.
   • The sudden drop in wind becalmed the sailing boat.
   • The captain tried to becalm the anxious crew with reassuring words.

   🇨🇳使平静

   同义词: calmcomposepacifyquietsettlesoothestilltranquilize

   反义词: agitatedisturbexciteperturbrousestirtroubleunsettleupsetworry

• becalmed past participle
• becalmed past simple
• becalming present participle
• becalms third person singular