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pacifier

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Babies
pac·i·fi·er /ˈpæsəfaɪə $ -faɪər/ noun [countable]  1. dummy.jpg American EnglishDHB a rubber object that you give a baby to suck so that it does not cry 〔哄婴孩用的〕橡皮奶嘴 SYN British English dummy4  See picture of 见图 pacifier2. CALMsomething that makes people calm 使人安定的东西
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pacifierIt had proved quite an exciting substitute for lost love, and a pacifier in that time of grave trouble.Food can be a pacifier to disturbed feelings.The best pacifier appears to be applause, the kind of attention 2-year-olds demand from their parents.Was 1, fed on formula from birth, fruitlessly searching for a suitable pacifier at twenty-three?
pac·i·fi·er nounChineseSyllable
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pacifier
pacifier /ˈpæsəfaɪə, ˈpæsɪfaɪə $ -faɪər/ noun [countable]
 Word Family: noun: peace, peacefulness, pacifier, pacifism, pacifist; adjective: peaceful, peaceable, pacifist; adverb: peacefully, peaceably; verb: pacify

1. American English a rubber object that you give a baby to suck so that it does not cry
   SYN  dummy British English
2. something that makes people calm


paci·fierBrE /ˈpæsɪfaɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpæsɪfaɪər/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE dummy) nouna specially shaped rubber or plastic object for a baby to suck 安抚奶嘴