| 单词 | silence breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmassilence breaker silence breaker n. a person who speaks or makes noise after a period of silence, or when others are silent; (now) esp. a person who speaks out publicly about something controversial, shocking, etc., that has not previously been disclosed or openly discussed; cf. Phrases 2.In early use not a fixed collocation. ΚΠ 1605 A. Munday tr. G. Affinati Dumbe Divine Speaker Table sig. Z4v Silence breakers, the first in heauen was Lucifer, and on earth it was our grandmother Eue. 1843 Boston Courier 8 May ‘Hush, hush!’ penetrated to the extreme corners of the court, and rung like thunder in the ears of daring silence-breakers. 1994 M. K. DeShazer Poetics of Resistance vii. 277 Marjorie Agosin has described Third World women as silence breakers, storytellers, global warriors for change. 2011 @DrPhil 13 June in twitter.com (accessed 14 Feb. 2020) Silence Breakers, it's time to make some noise! Sign the pledge & do ur part to end the silence on #domesticviolence. < as lemmas |
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