subside
subside 英 [səbˈsaɪd] 美 [səbˈsaɪd]
vi. 平息；减弱；沉淀，下沉
进行时:subsiding 过去式:subsided 过去分词:subsided 第三人称单数:subsides
- To subside is to die down or become less violent, like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed (or your seasickness, if you happened to be sailing on that ocean).
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- vi. 平息；减弱；沉淀，下沉
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1. She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
她提心吊胆地等他的怒气平息下来。
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2. I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided.
我服了一片阿司匹林，疼痛逐渐缓解了。
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3. The flood waters gradually subsided.
洪水缓缓回落。
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4. Weak foundations caused the house to subside.
由于地基不实，房子出现下陷。
- subside (v.) 1680s, of objects, "to sink to the bottom," from Latin subsidere "sit down, settle, sink, fall; remain; crouch down, squat," from sub "under, beneath" (see sub-) + sidere "to settle," related to sedere "to sit," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit." Of liquid surfaces, "to sink to a lower level, be reduced" from 1706. Related: Subsided; subsiding.
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