silent
adj. 沉默的; 未談及的; 無聲的
Someone who is silent is not speaking.
Trish was silent because she was reluctant to put her thoughts into words...
特里西一直不說話,因為她不願意吐露內心的想法。
He spoke no English and was completely silent during the visit...
他不會說英語,參觀過程中一言未發。
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.
He was a serious, silent man.
他是個一本正經、寡言少語的人。
A place that is silent is completely quiet, with no sound at all. Something that is silent makes no sound at all.
The room was silent except for John's crunching...
屋子裡一片寂靜,只有約翰發出的咀嚼聲。
The heavy guns have again fallen silent.
重型槍炮的聲音又一次安靜了下來。
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.
Douglas was noticeably silent about his feelings for his father...
道格拉斯明顯不願提及自己對父親的感情。
The administration has recently become silent about abuses in Haiti.
最近政府對發生在海地的虐待事件絕口不提。
A silent emotion or action is not expressed in speech.
The attacker still stood there, watching her with silent contempt...
襲擊者還站在那裡,用一種鄙夷的眼神一言不發地看著她。
She offered a silent prayer of thanks.
她默默祈禱以表謝意。
A silent film has pictures usually accompanied by music but does not have the actors' voices or any other sounds.
...one of the famous silent films of Charlie Chaplin.
查理·卓別林著名的默片之一
...comedy stars of the silent era.
默片時代的喜劇明星們
A silent letter in a word is written but not pronounced. For example, the 'k' in the word 'know' is silent.
1. marked by absence of sound;
2. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
3. indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly;
4. not made to sound;
5. having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility;
6. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
quiet, calm, silent, still, noiseless, peaceful, serene
這些形容詞均含"平靜的,無聲無息"之意。
as silent as the grave
the silent majority
沉默的大多數;無言百姓
the silent treatment
不理睬,置之不理
This hall is appropriated to silent reading.
這個大廳專供閱覽之用.
A silent movie doesn't mean it is motionless.
無聲電影並非沒有動作.
You'd better be silent about what happened.
對於所發生之事你最好隻字不提.
This letter is silent [ not pronounced ] .
這個字母不 發音.
The funeral made its way slowly through the silent streets.
送葬的隊伍緩緩地穿過肅靜的街道.