プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
おちつく【落ち着く】
❶〔気持ちが静まる〕become composed
落ち着いている
be self-possessed／be composed／be calm
落ち着いて
with composure／with presence of mind
落ち着きなさい
Calm down.／《口》 Pull yourself together.
彼の気持ちが落ち着くまで待とう
I will wait till he recovers his composure.
子供たちがうるさくて落ち着いて本が読めない
The children are so noisy that I cannot settle down to my reading.
この部屋なら落ち着くでしょう
You will feel at home in this room.
落ち着かない子だ
He is a restless boy.
❷〔物事が安定する〕settle (down)；〔静まる〕calm (down)
天候が落ち着いた
The weather has settled.
相場はなかなか落ち着かなかった
The market would not stabilize.／The market fluctuated [remained unsettled] for a long time.
騒ぎは１週間後に落ち着いた
The uproar 「calmed down [subsided] after a week.
薬を飲んで，痛みも少しは落ち着いた
The drug eased my pain a little.
消費者物価は今は落ち着いている
Consumer prices are now holding steady.
❸〔ある場所・地位に納まる〕settle (down)
宿に落ち着く
get settled at an inn
やっと教師として落ち着いた
At last he settled down 「as a teacher [to teaching].
落ち着く所はまだ決まらない
We don't know where we're going 「to live [to make our home] yet.
❹〔結果として定まる〕
落ち着く所はそれしかない
It is the only conclusion we can come to.
結局行くことに落ち着いた
After all we decided to go.
❺〔はででない〕
落ち着いた色のブラウス
a blouse of a quiet [subdued] color
服装が落ち着いている
She is unobtrusively and tastefully dressed.