Still

(noun.) an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed.

(noun.) a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); 'he wanted some stills for a magazine ad'.

(verb.) make motionless.

(verb.) lessen the intensity of or calm; 'The news eased my conscience'; 'still the fears'.

(adj.) free from noticeable current; 'a still pond'; 'still waters run deep' .

(adj.) used of pictures; of a single or static photograph not presented so as to create the illusion of motion; or representing objects not capable of motion; 'a still photograph'; 'Cezanne's still life of apples' .

(adj.) not sparkling; 'a still wine'; 'still mineral water' .

(adv.) with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; 'it's still warm outside'; 'will you still love me when we're old and grey?'.

(adv.) without moving or making a sound; 'he sat still as a statue'; 'time stood still'; 'they waited stock-still outside the door'; 'he couldn't hold still any longer'.

编辑:谢恩

• Still, he said, I do not comprehend you. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• But still the disappointed father held a strong lever; and Fred felt as if he were being banished with a malediction. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And still the unjust must appear just; that is 'the homage which vice pays to virtue. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• He smiled as he told me to wipe my eyes; he waited quietly till I was calm, dropping from time to time a stilling, solacing word. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• There had been shrieks from among the women convicts; but they had been stilled, and a hush had succeeded. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Every pulse of loverlike feeling which had not been stilled during Eustacia's lifetime had gone into the grave with her. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• My energy of will was gone--my strength was exhausted--the turmoil of my thoughts was fearfully and suddenly stilled, now I knew that he was dead. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• There was humility in her grief, no defiance in her attitude; and when this is the case a shaken spirit is apt to be stilled. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It stilled him like a note of music. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But he sat up, steadying himself with his hand and waiting for his heart to become stiller and less painful. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She _did_ listen, and watch, when evening closed; but it was in stillest sort: walking the drawing-room with quite noiseless step. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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