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英:[ˈbɑːmi]
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balm·y
ba mi [or] bal mi
比较级:balmier
最高级:balmiest
balmily (adv.), balminess (n.)
词根:balm
adv.balmily 芳香地
n.balm 香油;镇痛软膏;香峰草,香树膏
balminess 芳香;爽快
adjective
having the qualities of balm : soothing
… 'tis a soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers wak'd with strife.—Shakespeare
mild, temperate a balmy summer evening
balmy weather
lacking reason or mental soundness : foolish, irrational
… he is now likely to feel that a rather large part of the country has gone slightly balmy.—George A. Parks
balmy on the crumpet[俚语]头脑不正常的;疯疯癫癫的,[俚语] 有点痴呆的,头脑不正常的
约于1500年,指“香气怡人”,源自 balm 和 -y(2)。比喻意义上指“柔和舒缓”,始见于约1600年。指微风、空气等“温和、芳香”的意义(结合了早期的两种意义),始于1704年。指“智力低下、白痴”的意义,始于1851年的伦敦俚语,或许是与 barmy 混淆了。相关词汇: Balmily。
see balm
The first known use of balmy was in the 15th century
balsamnoun
a fragrant and usually oily substance that slowly flows from various plants
a preparation containing or smelling like balsam
a balsam-yielding tree (as balsam fir)
impatiensespecially: one grown as an ornamental
balm sense 2
balsanoun
raft entry 1especially: one made of two cylinders of metal or wood joined by a frame
a tropical American tree with extremely light strong wood used especially for floatsalso: its wood
balmyadjective
gently soothing
temperate sense 5
balmy weather
foolish, absurd
1 Europa is a prime target for exploring planetary habitability, thanks to Jupiter’s tidal heating processes that keep Europa balmy enough to potentially harbor life.
2 The late-afternoon sunlight warmed her face, and the last balmy breeze of autumn rushed through her unbound hair.
3 Watching this Grimes on a balmy, windless summer evening, you felt, would never have seemed quite right.
4 “It’s not very good,” a waitress said, one balmy Sunday, of the Bohemian’s house brew, Rhapsody, an unfiltered wheat Pilsner.
5 On a balmy Sunday evening we arrived in San José, the country’s sprawling capital.
6 Late summer and early fall can bring some of the balmiest days to the city, and a host of outdoor festivals and one-off concerts offer the chance to capitalize on it.
7 Out there in the balmy breezes, where the average age is far north of Madison Avenue’s desirable demographics, coolness falls away, as unnecessary and cumbersome as a poolside leather jacket.
8 On a balmy July morning Michael Muller walked his two small dogs in Union Square Park.
9 Out in the sunlight the air was balmy, and through skies of palest sapphire sailed clouds of gossamer silk.
10 Fantasies of bounding through fluffy snowdrifts disappeared like ice melting in the balmy air.
11 When Parton uses balmy cleansers, she likes to throw in "a hot washcloth and let that kind of soak in."
12 Though the evening is balmy, I shiver, overtaken by a slight chill.
13 On a balmy summer evening with a breeze to keep the bugs away, it’s perfectly enchanting.
14 On a recent, and unusually balmy, summer evening in the Marylebone neighborhood of London, families strolled outside landmark Georgian townhouses and into small playgrounds with lush gardens lined with oak trees.
15 In balmier weather, the trail is buzzing with commuters pedaling downtown.
16 It is a balmy afternoon in Pasadena, California, with winter sunshine flooding the hotel terrace.
17 I checked the window: perfect sunset, balmy breeze.
18 The performances were free and held outdoors in the balmy June twilight of the breathtaking amphitheater of Grand Park.
19 The weather seemed almost balmy after the unrelieved subzero temperatures of the plateau.
在经历了高原上持续零下的气温之后这里的天气看起来可以说是相当温暖了.
20 It used to drive my husband balmy.
这曾经令我的丈夫变得温柔可爱.
4 愚蠢的
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded
5 愚笨
simple soft thick stupid dumb pointless opaque barren dizzy daft unwise obtuse brainless asinine sheepish witless puerile fatuous daffy poky half-witted Boeotian thick-headed blockish folly lunacy slow of wit light in the head
8 有香气的
9 愚蠢
gullish thick-brained soft-witted unideaed fat-witted simple thick stupid mad fool silly dumb nonsense absurd vacant foolish dizzy childish goofy mindless jerky frivolous unwise nonsensical cuckoo inept crass ill-advised inane moronic half-baked sappy brutish imbecile spastic brainless light-headed brain-dead witless dotty fatuous dippy lumpish imbecilic klutzy pointy-headed gormless dopey doltish footling dimwitted sottish featherbrained fuzzy-headed crackbrained feebleminded cockamamie thickheaded soft-headed anserine gawkish tomfool pinheaded shallow-minded wooden-headed stockish rattlebrained featherheaded birdbrained puddingheaded stockishly stupidly foolishly unwisely senselessly idiotically fatuously inanely sillily gawkily babyism stockishness meshugaas moronity folly stupidity absurdity silliness ineptitude dumbo inanity imbecility dumbness unwisdom fatuity dulness jackassery moronism boobery
12 温和的
kind soft sweet smooth moderate mild gentle peaceful bland temperate meek placid suave genial clement equable softhearted sarsenet quiet conservative benign silky sane lenient silken Clement placable open slow offence kindly piping snug nun mellow boon merciful velvety tempered amiable pacific canny peaceable facile rosewater benignant kid-glove kid-gloved favonian lamb like soft-spoken lamblike
14 安慰
consolatory comfort consolation solace quiet console calm relieve soothe pacificate smooth down comforting balsamic assuasive release relief cushion salve cheering mollification sympathize feed cheer plaster balm dill balsam comfortable soothing reassuring conciliation consoling caressing reassuringly comfortingly solacement placate conciliate with a sigh
15 愚笨的
simple soft thick stupid dumb pointless opaque barren dizzy daft unwise obtuse brainless asinine sheepish witless puerile fatuous daffy poky half-witted Boeotian thick-headed blockish light in the head
16 温和
kind soft sweet smooth moderate mild gentle peaceful bland temperate meek placid suave genial clement equable softhearted sarsenet piano lowly mercy moderation clemency bonhomie soften quiet conservative benign silky sane lenient silken Clement placable mildly softly mansuetude lenity mitigate temper open slow offence kindly piping snug nun mellow boon merciful velvety tempered amiable pacific canny peaceable facile rosewater benignant kid-glove kid-gloved favonian relent compliance sweetness easiness mildness compliancy amiability benignity geniality placidity suavity amicability benignancy milden sweeten lamb like soft-spoken lamblike lightly gracefully sweetly meekly peaceably blandly benignly leniently acquiescently creamily smoothness gentleness blandness kindliness suaveness dulcify
18 笨的
weak-headed gullish timber-headed slow brain nuts owlish moony slow-witted dunderhead long-eared logy pinheaded half-cracked woodenheaded dead-from-the-neck-up
19 无聊的
frivol slip-slop dead empty stupid boring dusty dismal frivolous wonky menial uninspiring inane vagabond slushy stodgy naff dopey diddly fribble piffling rubbishy fiddle-faddle boresome diddly-shit milk-and-water banausic thin silly frog
21 轻狂的
22 芳香
sweet delicious aromatic fragrant fragrance aroma perfume sweetness scented balsamic ambrosial odor attar aromatize spicy odorous odoriferous sweetly fragrantly spicily balmily incense spiciness redolence spicery balminess
23 柔软
soft flexible limp waxy emollient downy lithe pliant lissome svelte crumby lithesome supple soften limber
26 不正常的
obliquitous wrong loose abnormal illegitimate off-key flooey
27 柔和的
grazioso light soft moderate mild gentle tender delicate pastel melting mellow subdued velvety sooth meek mollifying mansuete
30 无聊
frivol slip-slop dead empty stupid boring dusty dismal frivolous wonky menial uninspiring inane vagabond slushy stodgy naff stupefied dopey diddly fribble piffling rubbishy fiddle-faddle boresome diddly-shit milk-and-water banausic thin silly fuff hop frog futility dullness ennui knacker dullsville
32 笨
weak-headed gullish bird-minded timber-headed slow brain cuckoo nuts owlish moony dopey slow-witted dunderhead preppie long-eared logy pinheaded half-cracked woodenheaded badly ill maladdress dead-from-the-neck-up lame brained
33 糊涂的
gullish woolly-headed fluffy muddy dizzy daft mixed-up fatuous gaga besotted addlepated untogether anile nitwitted farmisht silly
34 镇痛的
35 不正常
obliquitous wrong loose abnormal illegitimate off-key flooey mal- male- disease touch crack deviancy distemperature disorder warp loose in the bean not all there
36 柔和
grazioso light soft moderate mild gentle tender delicate pastel melting mellow subdued velvety sooth piano mildly lightness suavity mansuetude compose cushion soften subdue dulcify meek mollifying mansuete softly tenderly gentleness