- 1寧靜的、安詳的（帶有舒服、令人放鬆的感覺）
Calm and quiet in a way that feels good — a tranquil lake, a tranquil morning, a tranquil little village. It describes places, scenes, times of day, and sometimes a person's face or state of mind. What separates it from plain 'quiet' is the feeling: 'quiet' only tells you there is little noise, while 'tranquil' tells you the stillness is pleasant and settled, with nothing troubling underneath. It is a written, slightly literary word — travel writing loves it, and so do hotel , which is why a student may see it printed on a resort before ever hearing anyone say it. In speech most people say 'peaceful' or 'really calm' instead. It can also describe a mind that is untroubled — a tranquil conscience, tranquil sleep — and that use is a little old-fashioned but perfectly alive in books. Because it, writers sometimes reach for it ironically, describing the tranquil scene a moment before everything goes wrong.
From the word’s history
From French tranquille, from Latin tranquillus, from trans- + the root of quies 'rest, quiet'.
源自拉丁文 tranquillus，與 quiēs「休息、安靜」同根。
組成From Latin tranquillus, built from trans- ('across, through') plus the root of quies, 'rest, quiet' — the sense is of calm settling right through something.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
tranquiladj/ˈtɹæŋ.kwɪl/
- 1
Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
- Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me.
- 2
Calm; without motion or sound.
- […]that the streams which did form were clear and tranquil because fed by perennial springs from the underground supply; and that in their tranquil waters extensive peat bogs formed.
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