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单词 silent
释义
silent
adjective
uk
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/us
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/

silentadjective(QUIET)

B1
without anysound:
宁静的；寂静的
Theemptyhousewascompletelysilent.那座空房子一片寂静。
literaryIt was four o'clock in themorningand thestreetswereas silent as thegrave(=completelysilent).那是凌晨四点，街道如坟墓一样寂静。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
making little or no noise
  • quietThere was a quiet tapping at the door.
  • silentThe stadium fell silent after the goal was scored.
  • soft"Come here!" he said in a soft voice.
  • muffledI could hear muffled voices from the next room.
  • faintThere was the faint sound of traffic in the distance.
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More examples
  • We werestruckby the silentgrandeurof thedesert.
  • Thehouseseemedpreternaturallysilent.
  • Thehouse, usuallybustlingwithactivity, wasstrangelysilent.
  • Thevalleywas silent.
  • Wewalkedinto the silentchurch.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Silence & quiet
  • cricket
  • cricketsidiom
  • deafening
  • deafeningly
  • hush
  • inaudibly
  • keep it downidiom
  • keepsomethingdown
  • muffled
  • muted
  • quiet
  • quieten
  • silently
  • soundlessly
  • subdued
  • trail
  • trail away/off
  • underyourbreathidiom
  • unmute
  • you could have heard a pin dropidiom
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silentadjective(NO SPEAKING)

B2
withouttalking:
沉默的；缄默的
Shewhispereda silentprayerthat herwoundedbrotherwould notdie.她默默地祷告，希望她受伤的兄弟不会死去。
Thepoliceofficertold thecriminalthat he hadtherighttoremainsilent.警官告诉罪犯他有权保持沉默。
He was silenton/abouthisplansfor thefuture.他对将来的打算保持沉默。
Arthur has always been thestrong,silenttype(= atypeofpersonwho says very little).
More examples
  • Later Mr Ashbyleftthecourt, grim-faced and silent.
  • Hegrittedhisteethin silentfury.
  • Weapplaudthe family'sdecisiontoremainsilent over theissue.
  • We can'tassumethesuspectsto beguiltysimplybecause they'vedecidedtoremainsilent.
  • Helookedhappyfor abriefwhile, beforerelapsinginto silentmisery.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Falling silent and not speaking
  • be (on) non-speakersidiom
  • bite
  • bitesomethingback
  • biteyourtongueidiom
  • button your lipidiom
  • clam
  • clam up
  • draw
  • have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
  • mouth
  • silence is goldenidiom
  • speak
  • speechless
  • speechlessly
  • speechlessness
  • stick
  • stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
  • tongue-tied
  • unavowed
  • wordless
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silentadjective(NOT NOTICED)

doing something orhappeningwithout beingnoticed:
Hypertension is often called the silentkiller.
A silentepidemicoforaldiseasesisaffectingourmostvulnerablecitizens.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unaware
  • be in the darkidiom
  • be on another planetidiom
  • benighted
  • blind spot
  • blindly
  • blindness
  • foggy
  • Goodness/God/Heaven/Christ knowsidiom
  • illiterate
  • in blissful ignoranceidiom
  • innumeracy
  • innumerate
  • insensate
  • lost
  • tin-eared
  • unacquainted
  • unattuned
  • unawakened
  • unaware
  • your guess is as good as mineidiom
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Related word

silently

Idiom

the silent treatment
silent
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/us
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/
a setting on anelectronicdevicethatstopsit from making anoisewhen itreceivesamessage:
（电子设备）静音
The show's about tostartso I'm putting myphoneonsilent.演出马上开始了，我把电话改到了静音。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Communications - general words
  • anti-satellite
  • app
  • autodial
  • autodialler
  • cable
  • cybernetics
  • fibre optics
  • hack
  • multipath
  • noise
  • non-computer
  • non-network
  • optical fibre
  • patch
  • patchsomeonethrough
  • pick
  • satellite
  • trace
  • Zoombomber
  • Zoombombing
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(Definition ofsilentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
silent
adjective
uk
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/us
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/

silentadjective(QUIET)

B1
without anysound
宁静的；寂静的
Theemptyhousewascompletelysilent.那座空房子一片寂静。
literaryIt was four o'clock in themorningand thestreetswereas silent as thegrave(=completelysilent).那是凌晨四点，街道如坟墓一样寂静。
More examples
  • We werestruckby the silentgrandeurof thedesert.
  • Thehouseseemedpreternaturally silent.
  • Thehouse, usuallybustlingwithactivity, wasstrangelysilent.
  • Thevalleywas silent.
  • Wewalkedinto the silentchurch.

silentadjective(NO SPEAKING)

B2
withouttalking
沉默的；缄默的
Shewhispereda silentprayerthat herwoundedbrotherwould notdie.她默默地祷告，希望她受伤的兄弟不会死去。
Thepoliceofficertold thecriminalthat he hadtherighttoremainsilent.警官告诉罪犯他有权保持沉默。
He was silenton/abouthisplansfor thefuture.他对将来的打算保持沉默。
Arthur has always been thestrong,silenttype(= atypeofperson, usually a man, who says very little).阿瑟一直是那种坚强而沉默的人。
More examples
  • Later Mr Ashbyleftthecourt, grim-faced and silent.
  • Hegrittedhisteethin silentfury.
  • Weapplaudthe family'sdecisiontoremainsilent over theissue.
  • We can'tassumethesuspectsto beguiltysimplybecause they'vedecidedtoremainsilent.
  • Helookedhappyfor abriefwhile, beforerelapsinginto silentmisery.
silent
noun[U]
uk
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/us
/ˈsaɪ.lənt/
a setting on anelectronicdevicethatstopsit from making anoisewhen itreceivesamessage
（电子设备）静音
The show's about tostartso I'm putting myphoneonsilent.演出马上开始了，我把电话改到了静音。

silent| American Dictionary

silent
adjective
us
/ˈsɑɪ·lənt/

silentadjective(NOT SPEAKING)

notspeakingor makingnoise:
I haveremainedsilent till now, Mike, but I have totellyou what Ithink.
If aletterin a word is silent, it is notpronounced:
The "b" indoubtis silent.

silentadjective(QUIET)

completelyquiet:
Madeleineturnedback down theempty, silentstreet.
(Definition ofsilentfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsilent

silent
The natural history ofsilentgallstones: the innocent gallstone is not a myth.
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The natural history ofsilentgallstones; the innocent gallstone is not a myth.
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Apart from his work the governance perspective is relativelysilentabout how and why social welfare is achieved.
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The ingrates remainsilentin the face of everyone else's descriptions of them.
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The noisy chatter of the room gives way to asilenthush.
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Instead, it is a matter of how such a sequence is unproblematic within broadly "silent" concurrent activities.
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Despite detailed analyses, only one of the pause variables,silentpause length, was significantly different over the three elicitation times.
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Therefore, people living in endemic areas should be screened for this clinicallysilentdisease since early treatment may be beneficial.
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In contrast, the diary is near-silentabout certain personal matters.
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Otherwise, despite being on stage continuously, she is completelysilent.
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Another of the volume's shortcomings is that it issilenton the overall question of whether a nation's pension fund commands sufficient assets.
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All of these, using masks, transformed the empty stage into a sacred grove, the 'silent, waiting glade'.
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Multiplying instances of such deadlocks builds up a stifling atmosphere in the text, crushing the reasonable reader'ssilentreplies.
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We consider a monadic -calculus, with output -b, input ax, andsilentprefixes.
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He had, however, remainedsilentabout the issue.
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