Lull

(noun.) a period of calm weather; 'there was a lull in the storm'.

(verb.) become quiet or less intensive; 'the fighting lulled for a moment'.

(verb.) calm by deception; 'Don't let yourself be lulled into a false state of security'.

戈代娃手打

• In the temporary lull produced by that impartial sentence, I laid my lady's written message on the table, under the eyes of Sergeant Cuff. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He was deeply interested in all her father said, 'Of death, and of the heavy lull, And of the brain that has grown dull. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• No sooner had he formed it, than the cloud which had closed over the last picture, seemed to settle on his senses, and lull him to repose. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Like a strange snatch of heavenly music, heard in the lull of a tempest, this burst of feeling made a moment's blank pause. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Before the last clock begins to strike ten, there is a lull. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At ease with him, I could defend my creed and faith in my own fashion; in some degree I could lull his prejudices. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It did not cease till the Atlantic was strewn with wrecks: it did not lull till the deeps had gorged their full of sustenance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was as if the wind and rain had lulled at last, after a long and fearful storm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• If the storm had lulled a little at sunset, it made up now for lost time. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• As it was, I was somewhat interested in the scene; it sometimes lulled, although it could not extinguish my grief. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• And the child lulled the parent, as the parent had erst lulled the child. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The thought of the chloral was the only spot of light in the dark prospect: she could feel its lulling influence stealing over her already. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

整理:莱克格斯