参考词典中silent的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 沉默的,安静的,寂静的,矜持的,缄默的
词形变化
- 名 词:si'lent·ness副 词:si'lent·ly
常用短语
参考例句
- She held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.
她举起一只手让我们肃静了片刻。 - It's silent in the deep and gloomy valley.
幽暗的山谷寂静无声。 - Evade the question;keep silent about the matter .
避而不谈 - They bound me to remain silent about it.
他们要我对那事绝口不提。 - A silent or taciturn person.
沉默寡言的人
- She held us silent for a moment with a lifted hand.
英英解释
6个形容词解释
- marked by absence of sound
[同] silent, soundless, still
[例]- a silent house
- soundless footsteps on the grass
- the night was still
- failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to
[同] mum, silent
[例]- the witness remained silent
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- indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly
[同] implied, silent, tacit, understood
[例]- gave silent consent
- a tacit agreement
- the understood provisos of a custody agreement
- not made to sound
[同] silent, unsounded
[例]- the silent h' at the beginning of honor'
- in French certain letters are often unsounded
- having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility
[例]- a silent dog whistle
- unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
[同] dumb, mute, silent
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