| 单词 | silence |
| 释义 | silence (once / 47 pages) nv Silence is quietness, or a lack of sound. When you silence a noisy movie-goer, you shush her. When there's silence, nothing is heard. Silence is empty, the opposite of a noisy racket. A library is one place where there's supposed to be silence so people can concentrate. To silence someone is to hush him up or tell him to be quiet. Silence also has a more disturbing meaning: if someone threatens you to keep you from saying something, she's trying to silence you. Censorship silences free speech. WORD FAMILYsilence: silenced, silencer, silences, silencing+/silenced: unsilenced/silencer: silencers/silent: silence, silenter, silentest, silently USAGE EXAMPLESHer reason: Obama hadn’t silenced talk, based on findings of the CIA and FBI, that Russia meddled in the election to aid Trump. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) But in some cases, the silence was deafening, and what wasn’t explained provided fodder for conversation. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Should that happen, then it is likely the carefully maintained silence of Mr Corbyn's opponents within the Parliamentary Labour Party will break. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking) there was a shocked silence he gestured for silence Hyper condition, status a state at a particular time 2n the absence of sound he needed silence in order to sleep Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper quiet sound the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause hush, still, stillness (poetic) tranquil silence speechlessnessthe property of being speechless quietness, soundlessnessthe property of making no sound noiselessnessthe property of making no noise sound property an attribute of sound 3n a refusal to speak when expected his silence about my contribution was surprising Syn|Hyper muteness uncommunicativeness the trait of being uncommunicative 4n the trait of keeping things secret Syn|Hypo|Hyper secrecy, secretiveness mum secrecy uncommunicativeness the trait of being uncommunicative 5v cause to be quiet or not talk Please silence the children in the church! Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten become quiet or quieter louden cause to become loud loudenbecome louder shush silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' calm down, lullbecome quiet or less intensive shout downsilence or overwhelm by shouting gag, muzzleprevent from speaking out conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress to put down by force or authority 6v keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power Hyper conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress to put down by force or authority |
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