to put silence to and variants: to refute, confound, or disprove completely; to defeat in argument; to prohibit or prevent from speaking. Now…
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| 释义 | the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > loss or lack of voice > deprive of voice [verb (transitive)] > put to silence (19) to put silence toc1384 to put silence to and variants: to refute, confound, or disprove completely; to defeat in argument; to prohibit or prevent from speaking. Now… to stop (one's own or another's) mouthc1384 To obstruct the external orifice of (a bodily organ) by putting something in or on it or by pressing the… to stop (one's own or another's) mouth: li… to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 To refute, confound, disprove (a person or a person's argument, opinion, remark, etc.) completely; to defeat in argument; to resolve (a matter)… mumc1475 transitive. To render mute; to silence. stillc1540 To cause (a person) to be silent; to impose silence on (an assembly); to put to silence (an objector). Obsolete. to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth)1601 slang or colloquial. to button (a person's) lip (also mouth), also (esp. in early use) to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth), and variants… obacerate1656 transitive. To stop the mouth of (a person). bouche1721 (See quot. 1721) Obsolete. rare. to shut up1814 transitive. To cause (a person) to stop talking, to reduce to silence. Also to silence (hostile artillery). to pipe down1926 intransitive. colloquial. To stop talking, be quiet, be less noisy or insistent. Frequently imperative. Also occasionally transitive: to cause (a… to button (a person's) lip (also mouth)1968 slang or colloquial. to button (a person's) lip (also mouth), also (esp. in early use) to button up (a person's) lip (also mouth), and variants… Subcategories:— by force (6) — by choking (2) |
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