lull
要点なだめる、和らげる、静まる
意味
- 〈子供など〉をなだめる,寝かしつける
- 〈感情など〉を和らげる;〈波・風など〉を静める
- 〈風・あらしなどが〉静まる,治まる
- 《単数形で》(風・あらしなどの)なぎ,小やみ;(病気の)小康《+in+名》
例文
The teacher lulled us into thinking that we had won.
先生はこれで君たちは勝ったのだと安心させた。
The rains entered a lull.
雨が小やみになった。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English lullen, lollen. Originally, perhaps expressive in origin from la-la-la or lu-lu-lu sounds made in calming a child. Compare Finnish laulaa (“to sing”) and Hiligaynon lala (“to sing a lullaby”). Cognate with Scots lul, lule, loll (“to lull, put to sleep, howl, caterwaul”), Dutch lollen (“to sing badly, caterwaul”), Dutch lullen (“to chatter, prate, cheat, deceive”), Low German lullen (“to lull”), German lullen (“to lull”), Danish lulle (“to lull, sing to sleep”), Swedish lulla (“to lull”), Icelandic lúlla (“to lull”).