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To soothe someone or something means to make pain, worry, or anger feel less strong — to calm it down gently. You can soothe a crying baby by holding them softly, soothe a sore throat with warm tea, or soothe someone's worries with kind words. It often has a gentle, caring feeling to it.
安撫、舒緩
組成This one probably goes back to an old word meaning "true" — to "soothe" someone once meant showing them something was true, to calm their fear. Today it just means to calm down.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
sootheverb/suːð/
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To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
- Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.
- Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.
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To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
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rareTo smooth over; render less obnoxious.
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To calm or placate someone or some situation.
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To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
- I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away
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To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
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To bring comfort or relief.
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To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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obsoleteTo prove true; verify; confirm as true.
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obsoleteTo confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
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obsoleteTo assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.
- To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。