placid

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plac·id /ˈplæsɪd/ adjectiveadj

1 EMOTIONALa placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to 〔人〕平和的，溫和的

a large, placid baby

一個胖胖的、安靜的嬰兒

She sat still, placid and waiting.

她安安靜靜坐着等候。

2 CALMcalm and peaceful 平靜的，甯靜的

The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.

月光下，湖面水平如鏡。

—placidly adverbadv

Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.

多布斯站在入口處，靜靜地抽着煙鬥。

—placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

placid• Some infants are intense, while others are more relaxed; some are squirmy and restless, while others are placid.• She floated listening on the placid amniotic tides.• He seemed to be placid and even cheerful.• My second child, for instance, was a placid baby who fed to routine from his earliest day and rarely cried.• All the eye can see are evergreens, a placid body of water and the occasional loon.• She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry.• There was a worried look on her normally placid face.• Half-closed, dozy eyes usually belong to a placid, lazy horse.• Phlegmatic: this type has a placid nature and tends to be lazy.• The setting sun turned the placid ocean into a sea of gold.• his placid round face

Origin placid

(1600-1700) Latin placidus, from placere; → PLEASE2

plac·id adjectiveadj

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