becalmed

英 [bɪˈkɑːmd]

美 [bɪˈkɑːmd]

adj.  (因无风而)不能航行的
v.  使安静；使停滞；因无风而使停航
becalm的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：becalmed　

BNC.34271 / COCA.31969

牛津词典

adj.

• （因无风而）不能航行的
  unable to move because there is no wind

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （帆船）因无风而停航的
  If a sailing ship isbecalmed, it is unable to move because there is no wind.
  1. We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours.
     因为没有风，我们在邓杰内斯附近停留了好几个小时。
• ADJ 没有进展的；停滞不前的
  If something such as the economy, a company, or a series of talks isbecalmed, it is not progressing at all, although it should be.
  1. Polish industry generally is becalmed.
     波兰工业普遍陷于停滞。
  2. ...the becalmed peace talks.
     陷入僵局的和谈

英英释义

adj

• rendered motionless for lack of wind

双语例句

• In earlier times, sailors sometimes died if their ship was becalmed for a long time.
  在以前，船无风停航很长时间有时会致使水手死亡。
• Becalmed as they are, however, current prices are clearly not achieving the policy aims which led politicians to create them in the first place.
  尽管他们仍很镇静，以现在的价格很明显不能达到政客们原先制定的那个目标。
• The constitutional renewal bill, now becalmed in parliament, is a ragbag of issues.
  目前搁置于议会的宪法修正案，是各种问题的大杂烩。
• Polish industry generally is becalmed.
  波兰工业普遍陷于停滞。
• The world of private equity seems eerily becalmed.
  私人股本界似乎陷入了诡异的沉寂。
• We were becalmed off Dungeness for several hours.
  因为没有风，我们在邓杰内斯附近停留了好几个小时。
• In the days of sailing vessels the crew were afraid they would be becalmed here.
  在使用帆船的那些年代里，船员们都害怕船走到那里就会原地不能动了。
• Steps are being taken to retrieve the negotiations from their present becalmed.
  正采取步骤重新展开处于僵局的谈判。
• John F.Kennedy died with his program becalmed and his promise unrealized.
  约翰弗肯尼迪一死，他的纲领便无声息了，诺言也未能实现。
• The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
  两艘轮船停泊在水波不兴的海面上，我以为它们是海上的鬼怪。