| 单词 | to hush up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto hush up 3. Usually in to hush up. To suppress talk, mention, or discussion of; to procure silence concerning; to keep from getting known. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep from knowledge [verb (transitive)] > cover up smother1579 to shuffle up1588 smother1589 smooth1592 smooth1592 slobber1630 to hush up1632 slubber1646 smooth1684 sopite1746 shade1785 smug1857 hugger-mugger1862 to cover up1926 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 125 Resolved to have all things husht up. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 59. ⁋5 It had indeed cost him a Hundred Pounds to hush the Affair. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. v. 82 The Thing was hushed up, and never known at Court. 1798 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) IV. 207 Either the Envoys have not written..or their communications are hushed up. 1812 Sporting Mag. 40 165 What is vulgarly called hushing the transaction. 1893 Law Times 95 225/2 Opportunities for a suspicious matter being improperly hushed up. < as lemmas |
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