tranquillize
verb(also -ise)
(both British English) (North American English tranquilize)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they tranquillize | |
| he / she / it tranquillizes | |
| past simple tranquillized | |
| past participle tranquillized | |
| -ing form tranquillizing |
- 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. 一名猎场看守人用一枚被下药的飞镖使犀牛镇静下来。