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单词 hush
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hush

verb
/hʌʃ/
/hʌʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hush
/hʌʃ/
/hʌʃ/
he / she / it hushes
/ˈhʌʃɪz/
/ˈhʌʃɪz/
past simple hushed
/hʌʃt/
/hʌʃt/
past participle hushed
/hʌʃt/
/hʌʃt/
-ing form hushing
/ˈhʌʃɪŋ/
/ˈhʌʃɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] (used especially in orders) to be quiet; to stop talking or crying
    • Hush now and try to sleep.
  2. [transitive] hush somebody/something to make somebody/something become quieter; to make somebody stop talking, crying, etc.
    • She tenderly hushed the baby in her arms.
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent.: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’

hush

noun
/hʌʃ/
/hʌʃ/
[singular, uncountable]
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  1. a period of silence, especially following a lot of noise, or when people are expecting something to happen
    • There was a deathly hush in the theatre.
    • A hush descended over the waiting crowd.
    • (British English, informal) Can we have a bit of hush? (= please be quiet)
    Extra Examples
    • A deathly hush settled around the stadium.
    • A sudden hush fell over the room as the head teacher entered.
    • A hush fell over the landscape.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • sudden
    • deathly
    • eerie
    • …
    hush + verb
    • descend
    • fall
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’
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