🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

放松下来

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fàng sōng xià lái

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mellow-out/ˈmɛl.oʊ aʊt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"周末到了,我们可以好好放松下来。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To become or cause someone to become more relaxed, calm, or less angry and tense.

    "After a stressful week at work, he likes to mellow out by listening to jazz music."
  2. 2

    To lose intensity or harshness in mood, behavior, or atmosphere.

    "The party started getting too chaotic, but things mellowed out as the night went on."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'mellow', which traces back to Old English 'mearu' meaning soft or tender, combined with the phrasal particle 'out'. The compound verb emerged in American slang during the mid-20th century, particularly associated with counterculture movements to describe the action of becoming relaxed, calm, or free from stress.

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