喜樂美語
  1. 1aB1/rɪˈlæksɪŋ/令人放鬆的；舒服悠閒的

    Making you feel calm and comfortable, so that you stop worrying about work, school, or anything else. A relaxing place, activity, or sound helps you rest.

    示範例句 · Example

    After exam week, a relaxing evening at home was all Mei wanted.

    逐字在考試週之後，一個在家的放鬆夜晚就是美想要的全部。

    relaxing 說的是「那樣東西讓你放鬆」，主詞是澡、假期、音樂、下午或一個地方，不是人的心情。relax 本來講的是「緊的東西鬆開」，可以想成鬆開的可能是肩膀，也可能是腦子裡的煩惱——所以澡、海邊、音樂都能用同一個字。-ing 就像那樣東西把放鬆往外送（The music was relaxing），-ed 的 relaxed 則像放鬆落到你身上（I felt relaxed）；中文兩邊都說「放鬆」，最容易混。

    常見搭配

    • a relaxing evening

      放鬆的夜晚

      an evening spent doing calm, easy things

      They stayed in for a relaxing evening with a film and hot soup.

    • a relaxing bath

      放鬆的澡

      a warm bath you take to feel calm

      Aisha ran a relaxing bath after her long day of practice.

    • a relaxing holiday

      悠閒的假期

      a holiday spent resting rather than rushing around

      A good choice for a relaxing holiday is somewhere with no timetable.

    • relaxing music

      舒緩的音樂

      quiet, gentle music that helps you calm down

      Ren puts on relaxing music when the house gets too noisy.

    • find something relaxing

      覺得某件事很放鬆

      to think that something makes you feel calm

      Mei finds drawing relaxing, but her brother finds it hard work.

    • calm and relaxing

      又安靜又放鬆

      quiet and free from worry

      It is so calm and relaxing at my grandma's house in the country.

    • a relaxing drink

      悠閒地喝一杯

      a drink you have slowly, to unwind

      The terrace is a good place to sit down with a relaxing drink and a book.

    • do something relaxing

      做點放鬆的事

      to spend time on a calm, easy activity

      Do something relaxing before going to bed — read a book or listen to music.

core核心畫面

You can picture a body that has been holding itself tight — shoulders up, jaw clenched, mind still on tomorrow's work — and then something lets all of that drop. `relaxing` describes the thing doing the letting-go: the warm bath, the quiet music, the slow Sunday afternoon. It does not describe the person who feels calm; it describes what makes them calm.

可以想成：一個人整天繃著肩膀、腦子還掛著明天的工作，然後某樣東西讓那股緊繃鬆掉了——熱水澡、輕音樂、沒有行程的星期天下午。relaxing 指的正是「讓你鬆掉的那個東西」，不是鬆掉的那個人。所以是 a relaxing bath（讓人放鬆的澡），人的那一邊要說 I feel relaxed。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

比較級 more relaxing最高級 most relaxing

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

relaxingadj

  • 1

    Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.

    • a relaxing piece of music

relaxingnoun

  • 1

    The process by which something is relaxed.

    • relaxings of the muscles

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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