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silent

/sahy-luhnt/US // ˈsaɪ lənt //UK // (ˈsaɪlənt) //

无声无息,无声的,无声,沉默

Related Words

mum妈妈,妈咪,妈,母亲reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默restrained节制,克制,拘束的,节制的hushed沙哑的,沉默寡言,沉默不语,沉默寡言的mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩close关闭,密切,结束,靠近closemouthed闭口不言,闭口不谈,闭口不提,闭口不谈的dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的inarticulate口齿不清,词不达意,语无伦次,口齿不清的incoherent不连贯,不连贯的,不连贯性,不伦不类indistinct隐隐约约,隐约可见,模糊不清的,隐约可见的inhibited被抑制的,被抑制,受抑制的,被禁止laconic沉默寡言,口齿不清,沉默寡言的,口齿不清的mousy狡猾的,闷闷不乐,狡猾,狡猾的人noiseless无声无息,无声,无噪音,无声的reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的soundless无声,无声的,无声无息,没有声音

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : making no sound; quiet; still: a silent motor.
    • : refraining from speech.
    • : speechless; mute.
    • : not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent.
    • : characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer.
    • : unspoken; tacit: a silent assent.
    • : omitting mention of something, as in a narrative: The records are silent about this crime.
    • : inactive or quiescent, as a volcano.
    • : not sounded or pronounced: The “b” in “doubt” is a silent letter.
    • : Movies. not having spoken dialogue or a soundtrack.
    • : Medicine/Medical. producing no symptoms: silent gallstones.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually silents. silent films.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.quiet; speechless
Synonyms
hushed沙哑的,沉默寡言,沉默不语,沉默寡言的mum妈妈,妈咪,妈,母亲mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默restrained节制,克制,拘束的,节制的reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩buttoned up扣好了,扣好了的,扣好纽扣,扣好纽扣的checked经检查,检查过的,经查,已检查clammed up闭口不言,闭口不谈,闭门不出,闭口不提close关闭,密切,结束,靠近closed up关闭了,结束了,关闭,闭馆closemouthed闭口不言,闭口不谈,闭口不提,闭口不谈的curbed遏制的,遏制,遏止的,遏止dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummied up哑巴,哑巴了,虚伪的,假的faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘iced冰镇,冰镇的,冰的,冰冻的inarticulate口齿不清,词不达意,语无伦次,口齿不清的incoherent不连贯,不连贯的,不连贯性,不伦不类inconversable不可逆转的,不可逆转,不可逆的,不可逆indistinct隐隐约约,隐约可见,模糊不清的,隐约可见的inhibited被抑制的,被抑制,受抑制的,被禁止laconic沉默寡言,口齿不清,沉默寡言的,口齿不清的mousy狡猾的,闷闷不乐,狡猾,狡猾的人muted缄默的,沉默的,缄默不语,缄默noiseless无声无息,无声,无噪音,无声的nonvocal不发声,非发声,非声乐,无声的not talkative不爱说话,不苟言笑,不善言辞,少言寡语reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利shy羞涩,羞涩的,害羞,害羞的silentious沉默不语,沉默寡言,沉默的人,沉默soundless无声,无声的,无声无息,没有声音still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧struck dumb傻眼了,傻眼taciturn无声无息,沉默寡言,寡言少语,无声无息的tongue-tied结舌,结舌的,碍口,碍手碍脚unclear不清楚,不明确,不清楚的,不明uncommunicative沉默寡言,寡言少语,沉默不语,沉默寡言的人unheard不闻不问,无人听闻,未闻,不听话unsociable独来独往,不合群的人,不合群,独来独往的人unspeaking不言而喻,不言不语,不言语,无言voiceless无声,无声的,无声无息,无声音wordless无字,无言,无词,无语zipped压缩,压缩的,压缩版,压缩文件
adj.understood, implied
Synonyms
aphonic语音,蚜虫,录音,鸣叫implicit隐性,隐性的,隐含的,隐式indescribable不可描述的,无法形容的,无法描述的,难以形容的inexpressible不可言喻的,不可言喻,无可言喻,无可言喻的nameless无名,无名氏,无名的,未命名tacit默契,默示,默契的,默许unexpressed未表达的,未表达,未表达出来的,未表达出来unpronounced不发音的,不发音,未发音的,未发音unspoken不言而喻,不言而喻的,不言不语,不言不语的unuttered未发表的,未发表,无声无息,毫无保留unvoiced无声的,无声,无声无息,没有声音的wordless无字,无言,无词,无语

Examples

  • He demanded to know where she was and what she was doing if she was silent too long.

  • Richard is rarely as vicious as Emily can be — he’s more prone to silent lack of interest — but when he decides to talk, he can shut Lorelai up in a way Emily can never manage to do.

  • The employees who saw him steal from the hospital stayed silent even as police began investigating.

  • In private online forums they discuss their preferred lies for why their pretend call center seems so silent.

  • Being small, generally silent creatures, they’re easy to miss.

  • By tradition, the speaker of the House never participates in debates in the House and remains silent.

  • As we waited for my plane to come in, we stayed silent for a long time.

  • And that gets to the heart of what makes the game so incredible: By staying silent, it turns the player into the game master.

  • Many will simply stay away from crowds and stay home this Christmas Eve, which could be a very silent night indeed.

  • The house was eerily silent on a Friday morning after a huge party.

  • After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.

  • Here began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.

  • The lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.

  • No; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.

  • He was rather silent, they observed; but the young clergyman, who made the fourth at the table, was voluble by nature.

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