1.and, under pretence of gaining information concerning the necessities of my establishment, I desired Mrs Dean, when she brought in supper, to sit down while I ate it; hoping sincerely she would prove a regular gossip, and either rouse me to animation or lull me to sleep by her talk.
在丁太太送晚饭来时，我装着打听关于我的住所必需的东西，请她坐下来守着我吃，真诚地希望她是一个地道的爱絮叨的人，希望她的话不是使我兴高采烈，就是催我入眠。
2.To put to sleep; lull.
使进入睡眠；使缓和
3.This is just the lull before the storm.
这只是暴风雨前的暂时平静。
4.The 27-year-old man and his 26-year-old girlfriend would sit in their car, passionately hugging and kissing to lull passers-by who may otherwise have suspected them of loitering, Ansa said.
现年27岁的男子与26岁的女友一般会选择待在轿车内不停地做出激情的拥抱与接吻动作，以麻痹那些可能对他们在此地闲逛产生怀疑的路人。
5.When the luncheon hour drew near there came a slight lull in the uproar.
午餐时间逐渐临近，喧嚣之中慢慢出现片刻暂息。
6.This will lull them into a false sense of security.
这会使他们产生一种虚假的安全感。
7.In autumn, when the crops have been laid by, there is a lull in the work on the farms.
秋天里庄稼收割以后农场有一段空闲时间。
8.Lull ( Level 30) ?Calms the target. The enemy will no longer assist friends and ignores all pleas for help during the duration of this spell.
30级，威压目标，在有效时间内使目标不再援助同伴并无视同伴的所有帮助请求。
9.What happened after the first year of the 3-point line in the NBA was a lull in its use.
在NBA执行三分球规则的第以年所发生的是使用这个规则的“平静”。
10.Sure, Roman Abramovich, the Russian oligarch who splashed out ￡150m for Chelsea in 2003 is big news; even more so after spending nearly ￡400m on new players to propel Chelsea back to the centre stage of British football after a 30-year lull in their fortunes.
诚然，在2003年一掷1.5亿英镑收购切尔西的俄罗斯寡头罗曼·阿布拉莫维奇从不缺乏新闻；而为曾长达三十年受困于资金不足的切尔西购买新球员以铸就其在不列颠的霸业而投下的前后近四亿英镑，更是吸引了几乎所有人的眼球。
