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発音

• IPA: /sʌbˈsaɪd/, /səbˈsaɪd/
• 韻: -aɪd

動詞

subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

1. (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
   • 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651:

     An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed.

3. (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.

   Synonym: abate

   The sea subsides.

   The tumults of war will subside.

   The fever has subsided.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].

   • 1987, John DeNicola, Franke Previte, “Hungry Eyes”, performed by Eric Carmen:

     I've been meaning to tell you / I've got this feelin' that won't subside / I look at you and I fantasize

4. (intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.

派生語

関連する語

• subsidize
• subsidy

参考

• subsist
• subsidence

アナグラム

• Subedis