†to hold one's mouth: to remain silent; to restrain one's speech (obsolete). to shut (also close) one's mouth: to refrain from speaking. to keep o…
单词 | θ66595 |
释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > lose the voice [verb (intransitive)] > not utter (13) to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 †to hold one's mouth: to remain silent; to restrain one's speech (obsolete). to shut (also close) one's mouth: to refrain from speaking. to keep o… to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 to hold (also †have, keep) one's peace: to remain quiet or silent; to keep silence; to refrain from comment or criticism. peacec1395 intransitive. To be or become still or silent; to refrain from or cease speaking; to keep quiet. Obsolete. muffa1500 intransitive. Chiefly in negative contexts: to utter a word; to speak. to put a sock in ita1529 Slang and colloquial phrases: to turn a sock; in one's socks, as a condition of measurement of stature; = to stand in one's stockings at stocking, n.2… whista1547 intransitive. To become or be silent, cease or refrain from speaking, hold one's peace, keep silence. archaic and dialect. to say not muff1652 In negative contexts: a sound, the slightest noise. Frequently in to say not muff, to say neither muff nor mum and variants: to utter not a sound. to hold one's whisht1786 Silence; in to hold one's whisht, to keep silence. Scottish. to shut (one's) pan1799 slang (originally U.S.). to shut (one's) pan: to hold one's tongue, keep silent. Cf. sense 6e. Now rare. to shut up1840 intransitive (colloquial or slang.) To shut one's mouth, to stop talking. (Cf. 10) Often in imperative. to hold one's whistc1874 Silence: in to hold one's whist, to keep silence. Irish English. (Cf. whisht, n. 2.) to shut (one's) head, face1876 transitive. To close (something) by bringing together the outward covering parts. (a) to shut (one's) mouth: chiefly in pregnant sense, to cease… to wrap up1943 to wrap up (figurative). intransitive. To stop talking. Frequently as imperative. slang. |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。