hush
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they hush | |
he / she / it hushes | |
past simple hushed | |
past participle hushed | |
-ing form hushing |
- [intransitive]
(used especially in orders )尤用于命令 to be quiet; to stop talking or crying 安静;别说话;别叫喊 - [transitive] hush somebody/something
to make somebody/something become quieter; to make somebody stop talking, crying, etc. 使安静下来;使停止说话(或叫喊等) She tenderly hushed the baby in her arms. 她温柔地把婴儿抱在怀里。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’