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quiet down

/kwahy-it/US // ˈkwaɪ ɪt //UK // (ˈkwaɪət) //

安静下来,静下来,平静下来,平息下来

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    qui·et·er, qui·et·est.

    • : making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
    • : free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street.
    • : silent: Be quiet!
    • : restrained in speech, manner, etc.; saying little: a quiet person.
    • : free from disturbance or tumult; tranquil; peaceful: a quiet life.
    • : being at rest.
    • : refraining or free from activity, especially busy or vigorous activity: a quiet Sunday afternoon.
    • : making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable: The factions remained quiet for twenty years.
    • : motionless or moving very gently: quiet waters.
    • : free from disturbing thoughts, emotions, etc.; mentally peaceful: a quiet conscience.
    • : said, expressed, done, etc., in a restrained or unobtrusive way: a quiet reproach; a quiet admonition.
    • : not showy or obtrusive; subdued: quiet colors.
    • : not busy or active: The stock market was quiet last week.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make quiet.
    • : to make tranquil or peaceful; pacify: to quiet a crying baby.
    • : to calm mentally, as a person.
    • : to allay.
    • : to silence.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become quiet.

Phrases

  • quiet as a mouse
  • keep quiet
  • peace and quiet

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inlull
Synonyms
soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻allay缓解,安抚,缓和,劝说balm膏药,润膏,香膏,膏药类becalm贝卡姆,贝卡勒姆,贝卡cease停止,停止执行,终止,停止使用compose构成,组成,构成了,撰写cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱dwindle缩减,逐渐减少,萎缩,缩水ebb退潮,减压,退潮期,减震fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lullaby催眠曲,摇篮曲,催泪曲,枕边曲moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰qualify有资格,有资格的,符合条件,符合条件的quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户slacken弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧stroke行程,抚摸,中风,抚摩subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降temper节制,回火,脾气,锻炼tranquilize安抚,宁神,安定,安定化wane衰败,衰落,衰微,衰弱chill out冷静下来,寒心,寒暄,寒意cool off冷却,冷却掉,冷静下来,冷却后die down消亡,衰亡,熄灭,灭亡lay back躺下,躺下来,躺下了,躺着let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽put a lid on盖上盖子,加盖,盖上锅盖,盖上盖头take it easy悠着点,悠着点儿,轻松点,悠着点吧take the edge铤而走险,边缘,边缘化,冒充take the sting out减轻刺痛,减轻刺痛感,减轻痛苦,减轻负担
Antonyms
as insilence
Synonyms
cut off截断,切断,斩断,断gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静quieten平息,平抚,安抚,平息下来shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清
as inquieten
Synonyms
clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut off截断,切断,斩断,断cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清
as inshush
Synonyms
clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静quieten平息,平抚,安抚,平息下来soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut off截断,切断,斩断,断cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清

Examples

  • Ford labels “Engage” as the normal drive mode, while “Whisper” is the quiet mode where the car produces less of the artificial “engine noise” that tells the driver what’s happening with the drivetrain.

  • Glass beads are washable, quiet, and tend to retain less heat than plastic, which is great for hot sleepers.

  • In this recording of a fin whale’s song in 2012, sped up 10 times, each loud call is followed by a series of quieter echoes.

  • After a quiet period, the last three months of 2020 saw yet another sharp rise as the currency’s value more than tripled—and it’s still climbing.

  • When we were kids, my mother loved the movie Mortal Kombat, so I remember me and my brother playing in our room and it’s dead quiet.

  • When Marvin tells this story, he gets quiet, and you can see the way it must have been.

  • What, I suspect, we really want from Santa is peace (and quiet) at home for the holidays.

  • They made quiet plans together, saying that when they had a child together, they wanted a girl called Grace.

  • The inauguration had to be held in the fortified Kremlin, surrounded by an eerily quiet city.

  • But shh shhh shh, you have to be quiet about it or they will make me take it off.

  • This Captain Kirton was really the best of the Kirton bunch: a quiet, unassuming young man, somewhat delicate in health.

  • Their discipline is admirable, but their natural disposition is likewise quiet and inoffensive.

  • It is the quiet chef lieu of the Allier, and was once the capital of the Bourbonnais.

  • The menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.

  • He went blindly down the street, turned at the corner and sought a quiet place, a livery barn.