soothing的意思|soothing的解释-里氏词典

soothing ['su:ðiŋ]

a. 抚慰的, 使人宽心的

[医] 缓解的, 安抚的

soothing

[ adj ]

affording physical relief

<adj.all>

a soothing ointment for her sunburn

freeing from fear and anxiety

<adj.all>

Soothe \Soothe\ (s[=oo][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soothed}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Soothing}.] [Originally, to assent to as true;
OE. so[eth]ien to verify, AS. ges[=o][eth]ian to prove the
truth of, to bear witness. See {Sooth}, a.]
1. To assent to as true. [Obs.] --Testament of Love.

2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by
compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to
flatter.

Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow.
--Shak.

I've tried the force of every reason on him,
Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again.
--Addison.

3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe
a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. --Congreve.

Though the sound of Fame
May for a moment soothe, it can not slake
The fever of vain longing. --Byron.

Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify;
tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.

Soothing \Sooth"ing\,
a. & n. from {Soothe}, v.

Even cows are said to find it soothing, while Brahms's spider was literally moved - charmed down its thread by the composer's harmonies and sent scuttling up again by his dissonances. Various solutions to the riddle have been attempted.
The center was decorated with statues of the Virgin Mary, and soft, soothing music was piped in over the speaker system before Mass and the program.
They're just looking for a soothing voice and a friendly ear to hear them work through their grief, anger, frustration and guilt.
His big second-act aria, "Una furtiva lagrima," drew the usual feverish ovation from his fans, but in truth it was only moderately soothing to the ear.
The museum staff, headed by former inmate Kazimierz Smolen, has struggled with the beautifying effect of ever-growing grass, the soothing sound of birds singing and the government's limited resources to maintain the camp's hellish authenticity.
That soothing forecast came days before the Iowa caucuses, the first big test of the campaign year.
Critics deride the Kroc legacy as a simple-minded corporate cult that tricks consumers into eating junk food by soothing such raw nerves as their desire for service, security and predictability.
In this case a seasoning of cayenne and paprika, or a mixture of chives, green coriander and capers will finish them nicely. Most soothing of all, and a useful trick for frozen roes which may be a bit broken up, is as follows.
His would have been the voice of the soothing optimist during the Great Plague. The prime minister could find himself choking on this particular hiccup.
"It was a soothing meeting in terms of the anxieties we had going in," Seymour Reich, president of B'nai B'rith International, said after Wednesday's luncheon attended by about 30 Jewish leaders.
He and his chancellor, Mr R A Butler, knew this was irresponsible, but they sedated their consciences with a bowl of soothing Treasury advice, prepared by time-serving officials.
However, these soothing words don't alleviate a deep sense of alarm in Zimbabwe's churches, because ZANU's ultimatums are not to be taken lightly.
Amid Monday's market bedlam, the White House issued a statement with the soothing assertion that "the underlying economy remains sound."
Mr. Baker launched his campaign against West German interest rate increases last Thursday during a White House briefing that otherwise was devoted to soothing descriptions of stability and prosperity.
Individual voices somehow produced three-tone chords and the chorus of 10 sounded at once ominous and soothing.
"I will introduce you to the sound of birds," coos a woman's soothing voice, describing each of the birds featured on the tape.
Ms. Superfon says a soothing Megaquest operator on a Fresno, Calif., gab line once talked a deranged Vietnam veteran out of killing himself.
Regulators ended the nightmare with a few soothing words.
She also visualizes "the sun inside me, soothing."
After all, we practice around the world." These soothing words provide little solace for Mr. Jenvey, who still cannot sign audit opinions in New York.
For Knott's, all this mock phantasmagoria produces real, soothing profits.
Stephen Jarchow is on the phone, soothing a potential investor.
Despite his kinetic energy, there was something soothing about just being around him.
"Hopefully in 20 years, when I can consider myself a respected actress, I'll go back to being an artist," she said. "It's a very soothing hobby.
Some CBS and CBS News executives wonder whether the '90s call for a more soothing, urbane approach to the news, such as that of Mr. Jennings.
Your banana purchasing is invariably erratic.' All this ice cream has had a soothing effect.
As any resident of Amsterdam's 2,500 houseboats will tell you, there is something wonderfully soothing and peaceful about a prospect of placid water.
Passing time in the Hadley store is as soothing as new age music. The store is uncrowded, the shelves fully stocked, the produce-section bursting with bright, beautiful fruits and vegetables.
Foley's soothing, low-key style was good medicine for the institution and built him a huge reservoir of good will.
THERE ARE few things that are quite so soothing as walking barefoot over fine, silver sand on a steamy summer day.

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