-
N-COUNT
間歇期；平靜期
A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
例句
There was a lull in political violence after the election of the current president.
現任總統當選之后，政治暴力進入了一段暫時的平靜期。
...a lull in the conversation.
談話中的一時沉寂
-
VERB
哄騙；麻痹；使放松警惕
If you are lulled into feeling safe, someone or something causes you to feel safe at a time when you are not safe.
例句
It is easy to be lulled into a false sense of security...
很容易就會被麻痹，進而產生一種虛假的安全感。
I had been lulled into thinking the publicity would be a trivial matter...
我錯誤地相信了媒體的報道只是小事一樁。
-
VERB
使安靜；使昏昏欲睡
If someone or something lulls you, they cause you to feel calm or sleepy.
例句
With the shutters half-closed and the calm airy height of the room to lull me, I soon fell into a doze...
半掩的百葉窗和寧靜、通風的高大房間催我入睡，我很快便打起盹來。
The swish of the tyres lulled him into a light doze...
車輪呼呼地轉著，他不一會兒便打起瞌睡來。
-
PHRASE
暴風雨前的寧靜
If you describe a situation as the lull before the storm, you mean that although it is calm now, there is going to be trouble in the future.