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quietude

/kwahy-i-tood, -tyood/US // ˈkwaɪ ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud //UK // (ˈkwaɪəˌtjuːd) //

宁静,安静,幽静,安宁

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state of being quiet; tranquillity; calmness; stillness; quiet.

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Examples

  • Those seeking quietude — like we were — should stay away from the main drag.

  • From our Protestant work ethic to our bootstraps mythology, we have enshrined work as the highest good — quietude is, if not a sin, an indulgence we do not quite deserve.

  • With no roads, no cars, and limited facilities, it is an ideal spot for a multi-day trip to revel in the quietude of an undeveloped park.

  • Am I getting enough quietude to think and read and get the work done?

  • The shriek of the railroad train does not disturb its quietude, the nearest station being several miles away.

  • They are happy in silence, order, and quietude, and no place suits them better than the study of a literary man.

  • Oh, restore to me my maiden quietude, in my nunnery of Subiaco—when the night was so calm in my cell.

  • Cattle and kine were taken furtively or openly to these very hills and vales where Jim Lough now lived in quietude and peace.

  • He will never be an ecclesiastical show-man, for his disposition is in the direction of general quietude and good neighbourship.