subside
verb- [intransitive]
to become calmer, quieter or less intense 趨於平靜;平息;減弱;消退 She waited nervously for his anger to subside. 她提心吊膽地等他的怒氣平息下來。 When the rain had subsided we continued our walk. 雨停了,我們繼續散步。 I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided. 我服了一片阿司匹林,疼痛逐漸緩解了。 He waited until the laughter had subsided before continuing his story. 他等到笑聲平息後才繼續他的故事。 The storm gradually subsided. 風暴逐漸平息下來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- soon
- …
- begin to
- start to
- into
- [intransitive]
(of water )水 to go back to a normal level 回落;減退 - [intransitive]
(of land or a building )地面或建築物 to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into the ground 下沉;沉降;下陷
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’).