placid

adj.

1. 温和的；平和的；文静的
   not easily excited or irritated
   1. a placid baby/horse
      安静的婴儿；驯良的马
2. 平静的；宁静的；安静的
   calm and peaceful, with very little movement
   1. the placid waters of the lake
      平静的湖水

1. ADJ-GRADED 平和的；温和的
   A placid person or animal is calm and does not easily become excited, angry, or upset.
   1. She was a placid child who rarely cried...
      她是个性情温和的孩子，很少哭闹。
   2. Marcus remained placid in the face of her outburst.
      马库斯面对她的发作保持平静。
2. ADJ-GRADED 宁静的；平静的；安宁的
   A placid place, area of water, or life is calm and peaceful.
   1. ...the placid waters of Lake Erie...
      伊利湖宁静的湖水
   2. He had been leading a placid life for the past eight years.
      他8年来一直过着平静的生活。

1. Marcus remained placid in the face of her outburst.
   马库斯面对她的发作保持平静。
2. She is a placid girl.
   这姑娘性格沉静。
3. The plantation clearings and miles of cotton fields smiled up to a warm sun, placid, complacent.
   尚待种植的空地和绵延数英里的棉花田微笑着袒露在阳光之中。
4. In 1980, a team was formed to participate in the 13th Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, USA.
   1980年开始组团参加了美国普莱西湖的13后冬奥会。
5. I'm normally a very placid and timid person, she said.
   我通常是一个温和而又胆小的人，她说。
6. Switzerland is much too placid for my taste.
   瑞士太宁静了，不适合我的口味。
7. A placid parent makes a placid home.
   平和的父母创造温馨的家。
8. You should be in a placid mood and have a heart-to-heart talk with her.
   你应该心平气和的好好和她谈谈心。
9. Bigger's eyes were wide and placid, gazing into space.
   别格凝视着前面，眼睛睁得很大，但目光平静。
10. He was a plump, placid boy with a philosophical approach to life.
    他是个胖乎乎的文静男孩，对生活的态度非常达观。
11. No matter how placid and peaceful you are, it will occasionally happen that people you have no reason to dislike turn out to be your enemy.
    不管你是多么地平静或平和，仍旧可能遇到这样的情形：那些你找不到理由不喜欢的人却不知怎的变成了你的敌人。
12. His normally placid dog turned on him and bit him in the leg.
    他那条狗平日很温顺，这次突然发作咬了他的腿。
13. It reminds you of a placid rivulet.
    它使人想起一条平静的溪流。
14. John remained infuriatingly calm and placid throughout the dispute.
    约翰在整个争论中保持了令人恼火的平静和镇定。
15. Along the lake's northern reaches, near the city of Wuxi, placid waters and misty hills captured the imagination of Chinese for hundreds of years.
    沿湖的北岸靠近无锡，平静的水面和烟雾笼罩的山是几百年来中国人的想像中的美好画面。
16. She has a round sensual face. A change came over Cronshaw's placid round face.
    她有一张极富风情的圆脸。克朗肖的平静的圆脸一下子变了色。
17. The long placid stretches of the river are where people get comfortable.
    而那条平静伸张的长河则是让人们感觉舒服的地方。
18. And, I especially like the interface very much, quiet and placid.
    而且我特别喜欢这里的界面，安静平和。
19. The placid sunshine transformed in a moment into imperious angry fire.
    和煦的阳光瞬间变成了咄咄逼人的烈焰。
20. Earth, and heaven, and a placid humanity seem to have the creation to themselves.
    大地、穹、平的人类似乎充塞了整个的宇宙。
21. It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vastlysea;
    它使你想起平静的溪流，缓缓地漫步在绿色的草地和舒适的树荫下，最后注入广阔的大海中。
22. How did I know what were the thoughts and emotions behind that placid brow and those cool gray eyes?
    在她那平静的前额和冷冷的灰色的眼睛后面隐匿着什么思想和感情，我怎能知道呢？
23. Last month, the normally placid election for president was closely fought, evidence of the newly competitive landscape.
    上个月，通常温和平静的总统大选变得难分难解，这表明，新的竞争局面已经出现。
24. This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him.
    想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。
25. But there always was dissatisfied restlessness under the placid surface to life.
    但是在表面平静的生活下面一直有一种不满和不安的情绪。
26. For the next two months, life in the village went its placid way.
    接下来的两个月，村中的生活一如既往的平静。
27. I used to own now in this placid, once placed in the back of the wanton guffaw inside.
    我习惯了现在这个波澜不惊的自己，曾经的恣意狂笑放到了背后里。
28. Carreen liked him because of his placid and unembarrassed silences.
    卡琳喜欢他那种平静而自在的默默无言的神态。
29. I think a good listening of the person, she ( he) has to has a good patient and be placid.
    我觉得一个好的倾听者，她（他）必须具有好的耐心而且是平和的人。

adj

1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
   1. a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay
   2. the quiet waters of a lagoon
   3. a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky
   4. a smooth channel crossing
   5. scarcely a ripple on the still water
   6. unruffled water

   Synonym:    quietstilltranquilsmoothunruffled

2. not easily irritated
   1. an equable temper
   2. not everyone shared his placid temperament
   3. remained placid despite the repeated delays

   Synonym:    equableeven-temperedgood-tempered