Silent
['saɪlənt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; 'a silent dog whistle' .
(adj.) not made to sound; 'the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor''; 'in French certain letters are often unsounded' .
(adj.) implied by or inferred from actions or statements; 'gave silent consent'; 'a tacit agreement'; 'the understood provisos of a custody agreement' .
(adj.) marked by absence of sound; 'a silent house'; 'soundless footsteps on the grass'; 'the night was still' .
手打:波莱特--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
(a.) Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
(a.) Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.
(a.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."
(a.) Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
(n.) That which is silent; a time of silence.
格雷琴編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Still, noiseless, quiet, calm.[2]. Mute, dumb, TACITURN, speechless, mum, without a word to say.[3]. Quiescent, not pronounced, not sounded.[4]. Dormant, not active.
巴拉克編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Still, taciturn, speechless, dormant, quiet, noiseless
ANT:Noisy, loquacious, garrulous
錄入:温思罗普
例句/造句/用法:
- It was not good for him to talk too much, and when he was silent, we were silent too. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- In a moment, laying his finger on his lips, he made a silent gesture to Miss Ophelia to come and look. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You are silent, he pursued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- How silent, how lifeless! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention, and now he sat for some time in silent thought. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- He became very confused and silent. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- His confession was silent, and her promise of faithfulness was silent. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- The journey was likely to be a silent one. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He still sat silent, when Louisa mildly said: 'Rachael, you will not distrust me one day, when you know me better. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Fanny was silent; but not from being convinced that there might not be a remedy found for some of these evils. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Again he was silent, and after a pause turned to me laughingly. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- She was silent awhile. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- He replied, and was again silent. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He was silent with cold passion of anger. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Silent, only for a moment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- We were silent again, and remained so, until the Doctor rose and walked twice or thrice across the room. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The tutor and pupil were silent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why are you silent, Jane? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- The Count, who had watched Laura and me with a close and silent attention, interposed for the second time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,--souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
錄入:温思罗普