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催
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.urge; hurry
银行催他们偿还贷款。
The bank is pressing them for repayment of the loan.
奶奶催她时,她总是婉言谢绝。
When grandmama urges her, she always declines politely.
别催我。我需要时间考虑一下。
Don't rush me. I need time to think about it.
- 2
v.speed up; accelerate
春风催绿。
The spring wind speeds the greening of the plants.
钟表声催我入睡。
The ticking of the clock lulled me to sleep.
他的歌声常常在催人入眠的同时又使人放松愉悦。
His songs are often both hypnotic and reassuringly pleasant.
Words and phrases with 催
- 催款单[word]prompt
- 催命鬼[word]devil who drives a person to an early grave; person who keeps urging/pressing another
- 催眠疗法[word]hypnotherapy
- 催收[word]press somebody for payment
- 催命[word]put a nail in someone's coffin; persistently urge or pressure somebody
- 催产素[word]Pitocin
- 催化[word]catalyse
- 催情[word]artificially cause female animals to go into heat
- 催产[word]expedite child delivery
- 催人泪下[idiom]draw tears from somebody