quell

英 [kwel] 美 [kwɛl]
  • vt. 平息;镇压;减轻;消除
  • n. (Quell)人名;(捷)奎尔;(西)克利

助记提示


1. kill => quell.

中文词源


quell 制止,阻止

来自古英语cwellan,杀死,谋杀,执行死刑,来自PIE*gwele,扔,投掷,词源同ballistic,kill. 词义由扔,投掷引申为刺,杀。后引申词义制止,阻止。

英文词源


quell
quell: [OE] Quell and kill are probably closely related – indeed, in Old and Middle English quell was used for ‘kill’ (‘birds and small beasts with his bow he quells’, William of Palerne 1350). Quell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *kwaljan (source also of German quälen ‘torture’), which may have had a variant *kuljan, that could have produced English kill. The milder modern sense of quell developed in the 14th century.
quell (v.)
Old English cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," from Proto-Germanic *kwaljanan (cognates: Old English cwelan "to die," cwalu "violent death;" Old Saxon quellian "to torture, kill;" Old Norse kvelja "to torment;" Middle Dutch quelen "to vex, tease, torment;" Old High German quellan "to suffer pain," German quälen "to torment, torture"), from PIE root *gwele- (1) "to throw, reach," with extended sense of "to pierce" (cognates: Armenian kelem "I torture;" Old Church Slavonic zali "pain;" Lithuanian galas "end," gela "agony," gelti "to sting;" see ballistics). Milder sense of "suppress, extinguish" developed by c. 1300. Related: Quelled; quelling.

双语例句


1. He is unlikely to send in the army to quell nationalist aspirations.
他不可能派兵去扼杀民族主义理想。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances.
已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。

来自《权威词典》

3. Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.
士兵们被派去平息骚乱.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Troops were called in to quell the violence.
部队被调来平息暴力事件.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Aspirin will quell your headache.
阿斯匹林将止住你的头疼.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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