tranquillize
verb🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/
🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/
(also -ise)
(both British English) (North American English tranquilize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tranquillize | 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it tranquillizes | 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪz/ 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple tranquillized | 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle tranquillized | 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form tranquillizing | 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈtræŋkwəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- tranquillize somebody/something
to make a person or an animal calm or unconscious, especially by giving them a drug (= a tranquillizer （尤指用镇定剂）使平静，使安定 A gamekeeper tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. 一位游戏管理员用毒镖使犀牛镇静下来。