Quietly
[ˈkwaɪətli]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) with little or no sound; 'the class was listening quietly and intently'; 'she was crying quietly'.
(adv.) with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); 'her hands rested quietly in her lap'; 'the rock star was quietly led out the back door'; 'sit here as quiet as you can'.
德威特編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.
(adv.) Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
(adv.) Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
(adv.) Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
校對:莱斯利
例句/造句/用法:
- Why, I was afraid of being shot, said Alvanly, very quietly. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He spoke quietly and bowed his head a little, but there was still an uneasy feeling in his eyes as he looked at her. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- On the contrary, said Holmes quietly; I have every reason to believe that I will succeed in discovering Mr. Hosmer Angel. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Quietly she stole toward the entrance and glanced within. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Such sudden alternations from mental vacuity do sometimes occur thus quietly. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Many, already smitten, went home only to die: some died at the school, and were buried quietly and quickly, the nature of the malady forbidding delay. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You have a dancing face, Brummell quietly observed, fixing his eyes steadily on her countenance for a second or two, and then passing on. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I'm better now, she sighed, looking up at me quietly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Yes, Golz said quietly. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- In breathless expectancy I waited, when finally the great door moved softly toward me and slid quietly to one side. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- There was time enough in the morning for me to take Laura out for her walk as usual, and to see her quietly settled at her drawing afterwards. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He does that, my friend, replied the Count quietly, because everybody is afraid of him. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Or salvarsan, the major interrupted quietly. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It would not suit all--not you, dear, for example, said Dorothea, quietly. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But after it was over, she went quietly round to one or two old favourites, and talked to them a little. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- It is true, said the Count quietly. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He had taken her hand, half-banteringly, and was drawing her toward a low seat by the hearth; but she stopped and freed herself quietly. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Then he said simply and quietly, I have thought much since the thing of Sordo. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- But, Mr. Lennox says, things are sure to brighten'---- 'Mr. Lennox knows little about it,' said Mr. Thornton quietly. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- If he had spared her that she could have drowned quietly, welcoming the dark flood as it submerged her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The owner of Thornfield, she responded quietly. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I've got you, you know, and you go quietly along with me! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The change in her, strengthened the cherub's interest in number four, and he said quietly: 'May not be so, my dear? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- She drew it away quietly. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Elizabeth made no answer; and without attempting to persuade her ladyship to return into the house, walked quietly into it herself. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- She doesn't bounce, but moves quietly, and takes care of a certain little person in a motherly way which delights me. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I think I understand you, he replied quietly. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- We live very quietly, sir, the three of us; and we keep a roof over our heads and pay our debts, if we do nothing more. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
校對:莱斯利