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where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound synonym quiet无声的;安静的;不喧闹的 Extra ExamplesThe new bus is virtually silent. 新公共汽车几乎没有噪声。 As darkness began to fall, the cannon fell silent. 夜幕降临后,炮声归于沉寂。
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(of a person )人 not speaking 不说话的;沉默的 to remain/stay/keep silent 保持沉默 As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent. 幕启时,观众安静下来。 He gave me the silent treatment (= did not speak to me because he was angry). 他对我不予理睬。 Half the room went silent and turned to see what was happening. 半个房间静悄悄的,转过头去看发生了什么事。 They huddled together in silent groups. 他们一群群地围在一起,默不作声。 The mayor was silent for a moment. 市长沉默了一会。
Extra ExamplesLen remained obstinately silent. 莱恩固执地一言不发。 She sat silent throughout the meal. 吃饭时她静静地坐着,没说一句话。 I could not keep silent any longer. 我再也不能保持沉默了。 The room grew silent as the men entered. 这些人一进来房间里就变得鸦雀无声。 We were asked to remain silent for two minutes. 我们被要求保持两分钟的沉默。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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not expressed with words or sound 不用言语表达的;无声的 (of a letter in a word )单词中的字母 written but not pronounced 不发音的 - [only before noun]
(of old films/movies )过去的电影 with pictures but no sound 无声的;无声电影的 a silent film/movie 无声电影 stars of the silent screen 无声电影时代的明星
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(especially of a man )尤指男人 not talking very much synonym quiet很少说话的;不爱说话的;少言寡语的 - silent (on/about something)
not giving information about something; refusing to speak about something 不提供情况的;未谈及的;拒绝讲的 The report is strangely silent on this issue. 很奇怪,报告对这个问题避而不谈。 the right to remain silent (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested) 沉默权
Extra ExamplesThey had kept remarkably silent about their intentions. 对于他们的意图,他们一直没有透露过一个字。 This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent. 这个话题官方文件避而不谈,不是个祥兆。
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘not speaking’): from Latin silent- ‘being silent’, from the verb silere.