单词 | ciunas |
释义 | ciunasn.int. Irish English. A. n. Silence; quiet; esp.(in a social environment) silence instilled when people refrain from speech or noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [noun] > silence stillnessc1050 silence?c1225 clum1340 stillhead1340 quiet?c1450 whust1558 husht1566 muteness1590 silency1595 still1608 hushtness1609 whistness1609 silentness1664 noiselessness1834 soundlessness1834 non-speech1863 shush1954 deafening silence1968 ciunas1986 1986 Irish Independent 5 Nov. 5/5 The sound of ciuineas. Leinster House greeted La na Gaeilge with a deafening sound of silence. 1999 Bks. Ireland Apr. 109/1 And in the ciunas A pencil stutters down The scarred desktop, thuds Softly to the dusty boards. 2018 Herald (Ireland) (Nexis) 4 July After Dublin's swansong in Salthill last month, he called for ciúnas in the dressing-room. B. int. Used as a command or request for silence: ‘be quiet’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [interjection] silence?c1225 peacec1390 whista1425 softlya1500 softc1500 husht1532 ist1540 st1552 soft and peace1576 pocas palabras1592 isse1598 hist1599 whish1635 whisht1684 quiet1814 fusht1816 pax1843 sh1847 pst1863 ciunas1987 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > taciturnity [interjection] > silence or do not speak muma1500 mum's the word1540 mumbudgeta1566 viaa1616 quiet1814 shuddup1940 ciunas1987 1987 Irish Press 7 Dec. 7/3 Even the pint glasses were cushioned to avoid a collective roar of ‘Ciunas’ from the assembled faithful [at a folk music club]. 1998 T. P. Dolan Dict. Hiberno-Eng. 62/2 Ciúnas! or ill get the bata [stick] out. 2011 Wexford (Ireland) People (Nexis) 30 Nov. (Sports section) Some adventurous Chairmen say ‘ciunas lads’ or ‘one at a time please’ but these are usually voted out as speedily as possible. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.int.1986 |
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