Becalm

(v. t.) To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.

(v. t.) To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.

杰奎琳编辑

• The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In the latter part of the voyage, we had the misfortune to be becalmed for three days and nights, off the coast of India. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

卡莱尔编辑