英语词汇“hush”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

hushhush1 /hʌʃ/ verb spoken

ETYMOLOGYhush¹

Origin: 1500-1600 husht silent, hushed (15-19 centuries), from husht a word used to tell people to keep quiet

VERB TABLE

hush

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	hush
	he, she, it	hushes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	hushed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have hushed
	he, she, it	has hushed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had hushed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will hush
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have hushed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am hushing
	he, she, it	is hushing
	you, we, they	are hushing
Past	I, he, she, it	was hushing
	you, we, they	were hushing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been hushing
	he, she, it	has been hushing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been hushing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be hushing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been hushing

hush (also hush up) said in order to tell someone to be quiet, or to comfort a child who is crying or upset: Hush, now. Try to get to sleep. [Origin: 1500–1600 husht silent, hushed (15–19 centuries), from husht a word used to tell people to keep quiet]hush something ↔ up phrasal verb to prevent the public from knowing about something dishonest or immoral: The article says the army hushed up the theft.

verb | noun

hushhush2 noun

COLLOCATIONS► a hush fell over

The tension mounted as a hush fell over the crowd (=everyone became quiet).

[singular] a peaceful silence, especially one that happens when people are expecting something to happen: The tension mounted as a hush fell over the crowd (=everyone became quiet).