Hush
[hʌʃ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (poetic) tranquil silence; 'the still of the night'.
(verb.) run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals.
(verb.) wash by removing particles; 'Wash ores'.
(verb.) become quiet or still; fall silent; 'hush my baby!'.
(verb.) cause to be quiet or not talk; 'Please silence the children in the church!'.
柏妮丝手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
(v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
(v. i.) To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
(n.) Stillness; silence; quiet.
(a.) Silent; quiet.
編輯:维尔玛
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Still, silence, calm, quiet.
interj. Silence, whist, be still, keep quiet, make no noise.
卡洛整理
同義詞及反義詞：
[See SILENCE]
多琳校對
解釋/意思:
interj. or imper. silence! be still!—adj. silent: quiet.—v.t. to make quiet: (min.) to clear off soil &c. overlying the bed-rock.—ns. Hush′aby a lullaby used to soothe babies to sleep; Hush′-mon′ey money given as a bribe to hush or make one keep silent.—Hush up to stifle suppress: to be silent.
坎迪編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Hush, hush, ma'am; pray keep yourself quiet,' replied the bodyguard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The wind sighed low in the firs: all was moorland loneliness and midnight hush. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But there was a scandalized whisper of 'Hush! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- But perhaps he was speaking now; there was a momentary hush of their noise, inarticulate as that of a troop of animals. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Hush, hush, my dear love! 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Hush, she whispered. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Hush, Hannah! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I smiled; but I also hushed a groan. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The myriad noises of the jungle seemed far distant and hushed to a mere echo of blurred sounds, rising and falling like the surf upon a remote shore. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Everybody was hushed into a profound stillness as the individual addressed, replied-- 'Sir! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She stood, shrinkingly, before him, as if she were afraid to meet his eyes; but her passionate sorrow was quite hushed and mute. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Yes, yes; but they want the thing hushed up, and I understand that the young fellow is going out of the neighborhood. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It hushed the eloquent, struck down the powerful, abolished the beautiful and good. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In another hour all the dwelling-house, and all the pensionnat, were dark and hushed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- When the little child awoke, and when and how Charley got at it, took it out of bed, and began to walk about hushing it, I don't know. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Three tumbrils faring away with their dread loads over the hushing snow. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Dead darkness lay on all the landscape, dead darkness added its own hush to the hushing dust on all the roads. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- That morning I was disposed for silence: the austere fury of the winter-day had on me an awing, hushing influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A pause of some seconds succeeded, filled up by the low, vague hum of numbers; Miss Miller walked from class to class, hushing this indefinite sound. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- There was some hushing, and the Judge went on with what he had to say to the rest. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Far from hushing the thing up, I have brought a gentleman down from London to inquire more deeply into it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- There is something in boldness and determination that for a time hushes even the rudest nature. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It is a happy thing that time quells the longings of vengeance and hushes the promptings of rage and aversion. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
珍妮特編輯