单词 | hust |
释义 | † hustadj. Obsolete. Silent, quiet, hushed. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 866 (915) Whan al was hust þanne lay she stille and þoughte. c1374 G. Chaucer Boeth. (Cambr.) ii. met. v. 35 Tho weeryn þe crwel claryouns ful hust [Addit. MS. whist] and ful stylle. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypermnestra. 2682 And hust [Fairf. hushst, Tanner houste, Thynne hushte] were alle In argon that cete. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 2117 Whan they were set and hust [3 MSS. huyst, Harl. hussht] was al the place. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). † hustv. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. (a) transitive. To reduce to silence, to hush. (b) intransitive. To be silent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > be silent [verb (intransitive)] swiec900 peacec1395 husht1530 hust1530 whista1547 silence1551 whust1558 quieta1572 whush1581 whish1607 whisht1815 hist1867 quieten1890 sh1925 shush1929 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > make inaudible [verb (transitive)] > silence quiet1423 hust1530 whish1542 whist1557 whust1558 husht1598 silencea1616 whisht1804 mute1891 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 589/1 I huste, I styll, je repayse and je recoyse. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Qi v/2 Huste, silere. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † hustint. Obsolete. A sharp whispered sound enjoining silence: = hist int. ! st int. ! hush int. ! Π c1386 G. Chaucer Miller's Tale 536 (only in Ellesm. MS.) Vn to Nicholas she seyde stille Now hust and thou shalt laughen al thy fille. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < adj.c1374v.1530int.c1386 |
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