Allay

(v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions.

(v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.

(v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

(n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

(n.) Alloy.

(v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

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• Breakfast, I hope, he answered, smiling bravely in an attempt to allay her fears. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Upon this Mrs. Clements at once confided her errand to him, and entreated that he would help to allay Anne's anxiety by trusting his message to her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The ladies knew better how to allay it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• They could assemble resources, they could stir up, they could allay. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It fell to my lot, to come as the influential power, to allay the fierce tossing of these tumultuous waves. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Adrian was obliged to exert his utmost prudence, first to allay the discord, and then to provide for the multitude of the invaders. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mr. Blake's nervous suffering is greatly allayed. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The tumult of Elizabeth's mind was allayed by this conversation. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Hunger may be partially allayed by sleep or by the use of narcotics, tobacco and alcohol, all of which tend to diminish the disintegration of tissues. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I exclaimed: and indeed there was something in the hasty and unexplanatory reply which, instead of allaying, piqued my curiosity more than ever. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I allays have thought that Mas'r would be good to everybody. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I've been allays used to horses, said Tom. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Look at his head; them high forrads allays shows calculatin niggers, that'll do any kind o' thing. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Mas'r allays been good to me. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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