subside
英 [səbˈsaɪd]
美 [səbˈsaɪd]
subside 建筑物沉降,下陷sub-,在下,向下,-sid,坐,词源同 sit,sedentary.即坐下去的,引申比喻义沉降,下陷等。
- subside (v.)
- 1680s, of objects, "to sink to the bottom," from Latin subsidere "sit down, settle, sink, fall; remain; crouch down, squat," from sub "down" (see sub-) + sidere "to settle," related to sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Of liquid surfaces, "to sink to a lower level, be reduced" from 1706. Related: Subsided; subsiding.
- 1. Don't do anything rash until the feel-ings subside.
- 在冷静下来之前不要鲁莽行事。
- 2. She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
- 她提心吊胆地等他的怒气平息下来。
- 3. The lees of wine gradually subside.
- 酒渣慢慢地沉淀下来.
- 4. If they carry on sinking boreholes then the land is likely to subside.
- 如果他们继续钻洞,地表很有可能下沉。
- 5. The inflammation may subside sponxaneously if infection does not develop.
- 如果不发生感染,炎症可自然消退.