| 单词 | hush |
| 释义 | hush (once / 277 pages) 1vn 2v To hush is to become quiet. When an audience is eager to hear a speaker, it will hush as soon as she begins to talk. Train passengers will usually hush their conversations when the conductor reminds them that they're in the quiet car, and one of a kindergarten teacher's skills is getting his class to hush. In fact, to quiet another person or group of people is also to hush: "The principal impatiently hushes the students as soon as they start giggling." A peaceful silence is another kind of hush. In Middle English, it was the imitative huisht. WORD FAMILYhush: hushed, hushes, hushing+/hushed: hushedly/hushing: hushings USAGE EXAMPLESNow he hushed the students who interrupted class. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) The ladies at the table caucused in hushed voices. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) The vast temple grounds today seem hushed and still. New York Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1 1v become quiet or still; fall silent hush my baby! Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 2v become quiet or quieter Syn|Ant|Hyper pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still cause to be quiet or not talk louden become louder loudencause to become loud change intensity increase or decrease in intensity 3v cause to be quiet or not talk Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten become quiet or quieter louden cause to become loud loudenbecome louder shush silence (someone) by uttering `shush!' calm down, lullbecome quiet or less intensive shout downsilence or overwhelm by shouting gag, muzzleprevent from speaking out conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress to put down by force or authority 4n (poetic) tranquil silence 2Syn|Hyper still, stillness quiet, silence the absence of sound 1v wash by removing particles Hyper lave, wash cleanse (one's body) with soap and water 2v run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals Hyper irrigate, water supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams |
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