silence

英['sailəns]美['sailəns]

n.
1.[U]寂静，无声
2.[C,U]沉默，缄默
3.[U]拒绝回答
4.[U]互相不通音信的情形
v.[T]
1.使安静，使不说话
2.压制
【惊叹词】
安静，肃静

同：	[n.] muteness, quiet, secrecy, secretiveness [v.] hush, hush up, quieten, shut up
反：	[n.] sound [v.] louden

There are times when silence has the loudest voice. ——Leroy Brownlow
有时候，沉默的声音最响亮。——布朗洛收藏
You almost jump out of your skinwhen the familiar firm-but-polite voice of the tannoy lady invades the eerie silence of the library
当扩音器里传出熟悉、坚定、但很礼貌的女士声音，打破了图书馆的寂静，你几乎吓了一跳。收藏
The bus driver broke the silence, by calling attention to a waterfall of great beauty, in the rocky dell.
大客车驾驶员打破沉默，开口说话，让大家看山间壮丽的瀑布。收藏
In the eerie silence of the cavern, the only sound that could be heard was made by water which dripped continuously from the high dome above them.
洞里有一种可怕的寂静，唯一可以听见的声响是高高的圆顶上不间断地滴水的嘀嗒声。收藏
She had voluntarily entered that chilling world of long silence
那时她心甘情愿跨入这个长期默默无闻的冰冷世界。收藏

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the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
- there was a shocked silence
- he gestured for silence
the absence of sound
- he needed silence in order to sleep
- the street was quiet
[同] quiet, silence
[反] sound

cause to be quiet or not talk
- Please silence the children in the church!
[同] hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still
[反] louden
keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
- All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power

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