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placid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++plac·id /ˈplæsɪd/ adjective  1 EMOTIONALa placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to 〔人〕平和的,温和的 a large, placid baby 一个胖胖的、安静的婴儿 She sat still, placid and waiting. 她安安静静坐着等候。2 CALMcalm and peaceful 平静的,宁静的 The lake was placid and still under the moonlight. 月光下,湖面水平如镜。placidly adverb Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe. 多布斯站在入口处,静静地抽着烟斗。placidity /pləˈsɪdəti/ noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
placidSome infants are intense, while others are more relaxed; some are squirmy and restless, while others are placid.She floated listening on the placid amniotic tides.He seemed to be placid and even cheerful.My second child, for instance, was a placid baby who fed to routine from his earliest day and rarely cried.All the eye can see are evergreens, a placid body of water and the occasional loon.She's a sweet, placid child who rarely gets upset or angry.There was a worried look on her normally placid face.Half-closed, dozy eyes usually belong to a placid, lazy horse.Phlegmatic: this type has a placid nature and tends to be lazy.The setting sun turned the placid ocean into a sea of gold.his placid round face
Origin placid (1600-1700) Latin placidus, from placere; → PLEASE2
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placid
placid /ˈplæsəd, ˈplæsɪd/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: placidus, from placere; please2
1. a placid person does not often get angry or upset and does not usually mind doing what other people want them to:
    a large, placid baby
    She sat still, placid and waiting.
2. calm and peaceful:
    The lake was placid and still under the moonlight.
—placidly adverb:
    Dobbs stood at the entrance, placidly smoking his pipe.
—placidity /pləˈsɪdəti, pləˈsɪdɪti/ noun [uncountable]


pla·cidBrE /ˈplæsɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplæsɪd/ 🔊 adjective(of a person or an animal 人或动物) not easily excited or irritated 温和的;平和的;文静的a placid baby/horse安静的婴儿;驯良的马 OPP high-spirited calm and peaceful, with very little movement 平静的;宁静的;安静的 SYN tranquil the placid waters of the lake平静的湖水 pla·cid·ity BrE /pləˈsɪdəti/ 🔊NAmE /pləˈsɪdəti/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] pla·cid·ly BrE /ˈplæsɪdli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈplæsɪdli/ 🔊 adverb