vt. 使安静, 因无风而使停航

[ verb ]
make steady
<verb.change> calm steady
steady yourself

Becalm \Be*calm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Becalmed} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Becalming}.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
--Philips.

2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the
stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.