A group of sailors captured the placid birds.

一群水手捕获了这对温顺的鸟。

She sat still, placid and waiting.

【placid】她安安静静坐着等候。

Yet there is another species that looks rather less placid.

而，还有一种动物看起来不那么平静。

That had been a placid pastime compared to his digging now.

和他现在的挖坑相比，那次简直以算是轻松的消遣。

Not that such bounty is attainable these days anyway, given the placid state of the market.

在如今这样冷淡的市场环境下，要想获得如的收益是很困难的。

The baby looks so placid and content after she has been fed.

宝宝吃完东西后看起来很平静、很满足。

His placid face and regular breathing showed that he was fast asleep.

从他那安详的面容和均匀的呼吸以看出，他睡得很熟。

Although deadly, Gaboon vipers have a reputation for being slow-moving and placid creatures.

很致命，但加彭咝蝰是出了名的慢吞吞且温和的生物。

The ship's beacon lit up that whole placid surface, which experienced neither ripples nor undulations.

照灯照在湖面上，十分平静，一点皱痕、一点波纹都没有。

" It is a kind of climatic fossil, glaciers like the Marmolada are considered 'placid.'"

“这是一种气候化石，人们认为像马尔莫拉达这样的冰川是‘平静的’。”

But his mild face was far from placid.

不过，他那张和善的面孔非常安静呢。

They were silent for a while and Will chewed his tobacco like a placid ruminant animal.

他们有好一阵没说话，威尔嚼着烟草，像只平静的反刍动物。

How did I know what were the thoughts and emotions behind that placid brow and those cool gray eyes?

在她那平静的前额和冷冷的灰色的眼睛后面隐匿着什么思想和感情，我怎能知道呢？

A stock image of China is a fisherman and his cormorant on a placid lake. The reality is different.

人们脑海中的中国印象是平静湖面上的渔民和他的鸬鹚。现实却大相径庭。

James was in excellent spirits, and Isabella most engagingly placid.

詹姆斯兴致勃勃，伊莎贝拉平静得令人着迷。

Until the thunders of the siege began, he had never known anything but a happy, placid, quiet life.

在围城的炮声打响以前，他一直过的是愉快平稳而宁静的生活。

They may look placid, but elk weigh over 300 kilos, can be three meters tall and their antlers are lethal.

麋鹿看起来很温顺，但它们重达三百多公斤，高达三米，再加上有致命危险的鹿角。

It was like a placid mask of servility.

这就像一个平静的奴性面具。

" No, " she said, in the same placid tone.

“不，” 她用同样平静的语气说。

" Do you think so, chief? She looked so placid" !

“首领，你是这么想的吗？她看起来很平静” ！