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silencing

/sahy-luhns/US // ˈsaɪ ləns //UK // (ˈsaɪləns) //

沉默,消音,缄默,消声

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
    • : the state or fact of being silent; muteness.
    • : absence or omission of mention, comment, or expressed concern: the conspicuous silence of our newspapers on local graft.
    • : the state of being forgotten; oblivion: in the news again after years of silence.
    • : concealment; secrecy.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    si·lenced, si·lenc·ing.

    • : to put or bring to silence; still.
    • : to put to rest; quiet.
    • : Military. to still, as by more effective fire.
interj.感叹词 interjection
  1. 1
    • : be silent! “Silence!” the teacher shouted.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake or be quiet
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quiet down安静下来,静下来,平静下来,平息下来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

  • Before the final push up Shafer Canyon, I ride ahead, into a silence broken only by the whoosh of a raven overhead.

  • To be clear, Bronzaft is not advocating for silence or anything close to it.

  • Met with silence, Raskin concluded, “Okay, I take it the answer is no.”

  • Barrett was very careful, of course, to say that her silence on Roe was not a sign that she thought it should be overruled.

  • There was silence because the doctor looked like they were in shock.

  • The final question we should ask: are they pursuing justice and the rule of law, or merely silencing those who embarrass them?

  • When it was his turn to speak, Ostronic warned that Kimberlin was trying to “enlist” the jury in a silencing of free speech.

  • When the warrior runs into the Stark soldiers, she disposes of them with extreme prejudice, silencing the chatty Jaime.

  • The story of Lady Day, ultimately, is about the creation – and ultimately silencing – of a uniquely American voice.

  • But the move also represents a growing sophistication in its approach to silencing critics.

  • Davis's militia worked it and succeeded in disabling the most dangerous of the enemy's gunboats and silencing its cannon.

  • He had succeeded in silencing the man at the Lion d'Or that night, why should he not succeed again?

  • No matter how perfect this covering may be, it is never completely effective in silencing the enemy fire.

  • Kit turned a silencing frown on the philosopher of the skillet, but Billie went toward the guest with outstretching hands.

  • But although ease may be obtained by silencing self-reproach, safety scarcely can.