单词 | hushing up |
释义 | > as lemmashushing up The action of hush v.1; the action of rendering still, silent, or quiet; the whispering of sh! as in enjoining silence. hushing up: see hush v.1 3. ΚΠ 1813 L. Hunt To T—— B—— Esq. in Poems With thousand tiny hushings, like the swarm Of atom bees. 1831 B. E. Pote Assassins of Paradise 41 But whisper'd hushings checked the words that broke. 1849 Mrs. Peabody in Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 338 She believed that it was better for all, even for the criminals, that there should be no hushings-up. < as lemmas |
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