calm: [14] The underlying meaning of calm seems to be not far removed from ‘siesta’. It comes ultimately from Greek kauma ‘heat’, which was borrowed into late Latin as cauma. This appears to have been applied progressively to the ‘great heat of the midday sun’, to ‘rest taken during this period’, and finally to simply ‘quietness, absence of activity’. Cauma passed into Old Italian as calma, and English seems to have got the word from Italian.
calm (adj.)
late 14c., from Old French calme "tranquility, quiet," traditionally from Old Italian calma, from Late Latin cauma "heat of the mid-day sun" (in Italy, a time when everything rests and is still), from Greek kauma "heat" (especially of the sun), from kaiein "to burn" (see caustic). Spelling influenced by Latin calere "to be hot." Figurative application to social or mental conditions is 16c.
calm (n.)
late 14c., from Old French calme, carme "stillness, quiet, tranquility," from the adjective (see calm (adj.)).
calm (v.)
late 14c., from Old French calmer or from calm (adj.). Related: Calmed; calming.
雙語例句
1. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.
官員們希望通過減少外國人入境的數量來使局勢平定下來。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She sighed, then continued in a soft, calm voice.
她歎了口氣，然後繼續用溫柔、平靜的聲音說下去。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They may feel tired and though outwardly calm, can be irritable.
他們或許會感到疲憊，雖然外表看似沒事，但可能很容易發火。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She's calm and strong, and she is just not going to crack.
她鎮定而且堅強，絕不會垮掉。
來自柯林斯例句
5. He felt a sudden sense of calm, of contentment.