| 单词 | silent |
| 释义 | silent (once / 25 pages) adj WORD FAMILY silent: silence, silenter, silentest, silently+/silence: silenced, silencer, silences, silencing/silenced: unsilenced/silencer: silencers USAGE EXAMPLES"This was another chapter in the silent and ruthless war of drug trafficking," state public security secretary, Sergio Fontes, told journalists. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) "This was another chapter in the silent and ruthless war of drug trafficking," he said. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Several shocked revelers were seen fleeing the scene after the attack, and the music fell silent. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj marked by absence of sound a silent house Syn soundless, still quiet free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound 2adj failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to the witness remained silent Syn mum incommunicative, uncommunicative not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions 3adj unable to speak because of hereditary deafness Syn dumb, mute inarticulate, unarticulate without or deprived of the use of speech or words 4adj implied by or inferred from actions or statements gave silent consent Syn tacit, understood implicit, inexplicit implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something 5adj not made to sound the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor' Syn unsounded inaudible, unhearable impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear 6adj having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility a silent dog whistle Syn inaudible, unhearable impossible to hear; imperceptible by the ear |
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