English Dictionary

allay

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈleɪ/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 廃用 古語 広義

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. / (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. / (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.

日本語の意味

静める / なだめる / 平静にさせる / 和らげる / 落ち着かせる

The nurse tried to allay the patient's fears with a reassuring smile.

看護師は、安心させるような笑顔で患者の不安を和らげようとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

to allay popular excitement

意味（2）

(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

意味（3）

(intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.

And the wynde alayed, and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?

意味（4）

(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

意味（5）

(archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

Yet far be it from us to condemn all their works to be dross, because debased and allayed with superstitious intents […]

allays （ present singular third-person ）

allaying （ participle present ）

allayed （ participle past ）

allayed （ past ）