Quell

(verb.) overcome or allay; 'quell my hunger'.

安娜贝尔整理

• It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It was indeed the hour to put away work, but why that sudden hush--that instant quell of the tumult? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The foul fiend quell the Prior! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• But no feeling could quell Fred's alarm. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Her voice once drowned by the shout of ruffian defiance, and I shall be full of impulses to resist and quell. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They have been forced to quell the mutinies with automatic rifle and machine-gun fire. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Bent on victory over a mortal pain, she did her best to quell it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Indignation quivered on her lip; but it was quelled by the secret voice which warned her that she must not quarrel with him. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Discipline prevailed: in five minutes the confused throng was resolved into order, and comparative silence quelled the Babel clamour of tongues. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He hoped they would see the troops, and be quelled by the thought of their narrow escape. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The enemy was sung and stormed down, his psalm quelled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He quelled, he kept down when he could; and when he could not, he fumed like a bottled storm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Had she been obliged to speak to him _only_, it would have quelled, but, at liberty to address another, it excited her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In the midst of all this noise and commotion, there was heard a sweet female voice, which quelled it in an instant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But, quelling her grief, she said Good-bye! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In this reconciliation thou wilt own I have an interest--the happiness of my friend, and the quelling of dissension among my faithful people. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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