becalmed的意思|becalmed的解释-里氏词典

becalmed [bɪ'kɑm]

a. (帆船)因无风而停止不动的

The grassland stretches evenly before you, like a becalmed sea.
无边的草原是这样平展，就象风平浪静的海洋。
Thus becalmed, the clouds are more susceptible to wave instabilities.
所以，这些云气较易受重力不稳定性的影响。
The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
两艘轮船停泊在水波不兴的海面上，我以为它们是海上的鬼怪。

becalmed

[ adj ]
rendered motionless for lack of wind
<adj.all>

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.

nonmoving \nonmoving\ adj.
Not moving. Opposite of {moving}. [Narrower terms: {at rest,
inactive, motionless, static, still}; {becalmed ;
{dead(prenominal), stagnant, standing(prenominal), still};
{frozen(predicate), rooted(predicate), stock-still ; {inert
; {sitting ; {slack ; {stationary ; {immobile, unmoving}]
Also See: {immobile}.
[WordNet 1.5]

Either way, the run-up to the auction on September 29 will do nothing for frayed nerves. In theory, the yield gap is sufficiently comfortable to allow equities to progress even if gilts are becalmed.
But over the past year, its shares have been becalmed as investors chase UK recovery stocks.
Before the acquisition of a controlling interest in Star TV last month, its shares were becalmed. They have since risen by 20 per cent, adding another leg to the bull run stretching back to 1991.
Mr. MacKinnon said he anticipated the becalmed bond market back in June 1989, when the yield on long Treasurys was about 8.5%.
The self-conscious slowness of previous years has disappeared, the music was spaciously, seamlessly unfolded but never becalmed.
Another question is whether borrowers can keep up the pace before the market is becalmed by the Christmas doldrums.

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