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单词 silence
释义
silence
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Silence is quietness, or a lack of sound. When you silence a noisy movie-goer, you shush her.
When there's silence, nothing is heard. Silence is empty, the opposite of a noisy racket. A library is one place where there's supposed to be silence so people can concentrate. To silence someone is to hush him up or tell him to be quiet. Silence also has a more disturbing meaning: if someone threatens you to keep you from saying something, she's trying to silence you. Censorship silences free speech.
WORD FAMILY
silence: silenced, silencer, silences, silencing+/silenced: unsilenced/silencer: silencers/silent: silence, silenter, silentest, silently
USAGE EXAMPLES
Her reason: Obama hadn’t silenced talk, based on findings of the CIA and FBI, that Russia meddled in the election to aid Trump.
Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017)
But in some cases, the silence was deafening, and what wasn’t explained provided fodder for conversation.
Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Should that happen, then it is likely the carefully maintained silence of Mr Corbyn's opponents within the Parliamentary Labour Party will break.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
1n the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
there was a shocked silence
he gestured for silence
Hyper
condition, status
a state at a particular time
2n the absence of sound
he needed silence in order to sleep
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
quiet
sound
the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
hush, still, stillness
(poetic) tranquil silence
speechlessness
the property of being speechless
quietness, soundlessness
the property of making no sound
noiselessness
the property of making no noise
sound property
an attribute of sound
3n a refusal to speak when expected
his silence about my contribution was surprising
Syn|Hyper
muteness
uncommunicativeness
the trait of being uncommunicative
4n the trait of keeping things secret
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
secrecy, secretiveness
mum
secrecy
uncommunicativeness
the trait of being uncommunicative
5v cause to be quiet or not talk
Please silence the children in the church!
Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper
hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, still
hush, pipe down, quiesce, quiet, quiet down, quieten
become quiet or quieter
louden
cause to become loud
louden
become louder
shush
silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
calm down, lull
become quiet or less intensive
shout down
silence or overwhelm by shouting
gag, muzzle
prevent from speaking out
conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress
to put down by force or authority
6v keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power
Hyper
conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress
to put down by force or authority
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