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IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160
silent
saɪlənt ˈsaɪlənt
1 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ] 沉默的;不说话的 Someone who is silent is not speaking. 沉默的;不说话的

  • Trish was silent because she was reluctant to put her thoughts into words.

    特里西一直不说话，因为她不愿意吐露内心的想法。

  • He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit.

    他不会说英语，参观过程中一言未发。

  • They both fell silent.

    他俩都安静了下来。

SYN mute, dumb, speechless, wordless
silently

  • She and Ned sat silently for a moment, absorbing the peace of the lake.

    她和内德默默坐了一会儿，陶醉于湖面的宁静。

  • Most of those attending the funeral stood silently showing little emotion.

    出席葬礼的人大多都面无表情地静静站着。

2 ADJ-GRADED [ADJ n] 寡言少语的;很少说话的;不爱说话的 If you describe someone as a silent person, you mean that they do not talk to people very much, and sometimes give the impression of being unfriendly. 寡言少语的;很少说话的;不爱说话的

  • He was a serious, silent man.

    他是个一本正经、寡言少语的人。

SYN uncommunicative, quiet, taciturn, tongue-tied
3 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] 无声的;寂静的;不出声的 A place that is silent is completely quiet, with no sound at all. Something that is silent makes no sound at all. 无声的;寂静的;不出声的

  • The room was silent except for John's crunching.

    屋子里一片寂静，只有约翰发出的咀嚼声。

  • The heavy guns have again fallen silent.

    重型枪炮的声音又一次安静了下来。

SYN quiet, still, hushed, soundless
silently

  • Strange shadows moved silently in the almost permanent darkness.

    奇怪的黑影在几乎浓得化不开的黑暗里悄无声息地移动。

4 ADJ-GRADED [v-link ADJ about n] 只字不提的;不愿讲的 If someone is silent about something, they do not tell people anything about it, because they think it is a private matter or because they want to keep the information secret. 只字不提的;不愿讲的

  • Douglas was noticeably silent about his feelings for his father.

    道格拉斯明显不愿提及自己对父亲的感情。

  • The administration has recently become silent about abuses in Haiti.

    最近政府对发生在海地的虐待事件绝口不提。

5 ADJ [ADJ n] (情感、行为等)无声的，不用言语表达的 A silent emotion or action is not expressed in speech. (情感、行为等)无声的，不用言语表达的

  • The attacker still stood there, watching her with silent contempt.

    袭击者还站在那里，用一种鄙夷的眼神一言不发地看着她。

  • She offered a silent prayer of thanks.

    她默默祈祷以表谢意。

silently

  • Whitlock silently cursed Graham for heaping more suspicion on him.

    惠特洛克心里默默地诅咒格雷厄姆，因为他让自己备受猜疑。

6 ADJ [ADJ n] (电影)无声的 A silent film has pictures usually accompanied by music but does not have the actors' voices or any other sounds. (电影)无声的

  • ...one of the famous silent films of Charlie Chaplin.

    查理·卓别林著名的默片之一

  • ...comedy stars of the silent era.

    默片时代的喜剧明星们

7 ADJ (单词中的字母)不发音的 A silent letter in a word is written but not pronounced. For example, the 'k' in the word 'know' is silent. (单词中的字母)不发音的
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurussilent Also look up:
ADJ.

hushed, mute, speechless 1

noiseless, quiet 2 3

Word PartnershipUse silent with:
VERB.

go silent, keep silent, remain silent, sit silent 1

N.

silent prayer, silent reading 1 5

silent auction 5

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IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160
silent

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VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be, seem沉默；看似安靜▸➤become, fall, go, grow變得安靜；陷入沉默◇The crowd fell silent as she began to speak.她開始說話時，人群安靜了下來。◇The room grew silent as the men entered.這些人一進來房間裏就變得鴉雀無聲。➤keep, lie, remain, sit, stand, stay保持沉默；一片寂靜；靜靜地坐着；一言不發地站着◇I could not keep silent any longer.我再也不能保持沉默了。◇The street lay silent and deserted.街上空無一人，一片寂靜。◇She sat silent throughout the meal.吃飯時她靜靜地坐着，沒說一句話。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, dead (informal, especially NAmE) , entirely, perfectly, totally, utterly寂靜無聲；鴉雀無聲；死一樣沉寂；萬籟俱寂；很安靜▸➤almost, nearly, virtually幾近無聲◇The new bus is virtually silent.新公共汽車幾乎沒有噪聲。➤largely, mostly大部份人都保持沉默◇an issue about which the researchers are largely silent研究人員大都保持沉默的話題➤notably, remarkably尤其／特別安靜▸➤curiously, uncharacteristically, unusually稀奇地安靜；異樣地沉默；不尋常地安靜▸➤deadly, eerily, oddly, strangely, unnaturally死一樣地沉寂；可怕地沉寂；出奇地靜；反常地安靜◇The street was strangely silent.這條街道異常地安靜。➤ominously不祥地寂靜◇This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent.這個話題官方文件避而不談，不是個祥兆。➤resolutely, stubbornly堅決不作聲；固執地保持沉默◇Len remained resolutely silent.萊恩固執地一言不發。PREPOSITION➤about就⋯保持緘默◇They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.對於他們的意圖，他們一直沒有透露過一個字。➤on對⋯隻字不提◇The report was silent on that subject.報告對那個問題隻字未提。
IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160
silent
Silent and silence: silent, silence, quiet...
Using few words in speech or writing: quiet, silent, brief...
Not clear to the senses: faint, invisible, subtle...
Terms in phonetics: affricate, alveolar, articulator...

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