silent
美 [?sa?l?nt]
英 ['sa?l?nt] 
- adj.不說話的;沉默的;很少說話的;不愛說話的
- 網絡無聲的;寂靜;寂靜的
詞形變化
復數:silents 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
| to remain/stay/keep silent 保持沉默 |
| They huddled together in silent groups. 他們一群群地圍在一起,默不作聲。 |
| As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent . 幕啟時,觀眾安靜下來。 |
| He gave me the silent treatment(= did not speak to me because he was angry) . 他對我不予理睬。 |
2. | [obn] 很少說話的;不愛說話的;少言寡語的not talking very much |
| He's the strong silent type. 他是那種強悍而沉默寡言的人。 |
3. | 無聲的;安靜的;不喧鬧的where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound |
| At last the traffic fell silent . 車輛的喧囂終于消逝了。 |
| The streets were silent and deserted. 大街小巷寂無一人。 |
4. | [obn] 不用言語表達的;無聲的not expressed with words or sound |
| a silent prayer/protest 默禱;無聲的抗議 |
| They nodded in silent agreement . 他們默默地點頭表示同意。 |
5. | ~ (on/about sth) 不提供情況的;未談及的;拒絕講的not giving information about sth; refusing to speak about sth |
| The report is strangely silent on this issue. 很奇怪,報告對這個問題避而不談。 |
| the right to remain silent(= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested) 沉默權 |
6. | [obn] 無聲的;無聲電影的with pictures but no sound |
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| stars of the silent screen 無聲電影時代的明星 |
7. | 不發音的written but not pronounced |
| The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent. lamb 中的 b 不發音。 |
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
"Hacking used to be about making noise. Now it's about staying silent, " says Greg Day of McAfee, a vendor of IT security products.
IT安全產品廠家McAfee的GregDay說道:“黑客攻擊行為過去關注于鬧騰一番,然而現在卻偏于保持沉默。”
Gerald was silent for a minute, then he said, "As a matter of fact, I think we shall to abroad. "
杰拉爾德沉默了一會,然后他說,“事實上,我想我們該出國去。”
In public, Opec officials maintain there is no need to increase output and Saudi oil officials have remained silent on the matter.
在公開場合,歐佩克官員仍堅持表示,沒必要提高產出,而沙特石油官員在此問題上保持沉默。
The board decided to say nothing, after seeking advice on its obligations from two outside lawyers, who agreed it could remain silent.
所以董事會在詢問了兩位外界律師,并征得可以保密的建議后,決定繼續保持沉默。
"Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent, " said she, "did he come at all? "
她想:“要是他這次來是為了要沉默寡言,莊嚴冷淡,那他又何必來?”
Only recently, seeing it again, did I realize how much clarity and passion Antonioni brought to the film's silent cry of despair.
直到最近又看了一遍,我才意識到這部影片面對絕望的無聲吶喊,是多么的清晰又迷狂。
This short black cat with large white eyes and a huge smile was one of the first stars in movie history during the period of silent films.
這個長著白色大眼睛,帶著燦爛微笑的小黑貓是無聲電影時代電影歷史中的第一批明星之一。
I really am grateful, at least, she was silent for me to guard the soul portion of the happiness and sweet.
我真的很感激,至少是她在默默的為我守護著心靈的那份幸福和甜蜜。
Here is an idea that might deal with these problems: The government can stand ready to be a silent partner to future Warren Buffetts.
對此我有一個想法:政府可以成為未來沃倫·巴菲特們的合伙人,一個“不吭聲”的合伙人。
There all seemed to be silent and desolate; and a feeling of loneliness and desertion came over him to increase the gloom of the moment.
那里一切都是靜悄悄的,好象沒有一個人,一陣孤獨和被拋棄的感覺襲上他的心頭。這越發加深了他當時的凄涼心境。
I was wondering how the hell we'd ever get out of the place without a fight. Fillmore, by this time, was as silent as a clam.
當時我想不打一架恐怕是逃不出那地方了,這時菲爾莫沉默著,一句話也不說。
Although I kept silent, she would see a kind of protest in my cold eyes, and a spirit of defiance, and a sort of pressure for her.
雖然我只能堅持沉默,但她完全能從我那一雙冰冷的眼睛里感到一種反抗,一種永不屈服的精神和帶給她的一種無形的壓力。
The other matter, on which the certificates were silent, was whether or not the liquid ROB cargo was reachable by the vessel's fixed pumps.
另外,檢驗報告沒有提及的一個問題是殘留液體貨物是否可以被船上固定油泵設備所觸及。
She froze, silent, staring at him with her hands behind her back, framed in the doorway of the kitchen.
她僵住了,沉默地盯著他,雙手放在身后,站在廚房的門口。
At school, he began to entertain his friends by imitating his silent screen hero, Charlie Chaplin.
上學期間,他開始通過模仿心目中無聲電影的銀幕英雄——查理·卓別林來為朋友們帶去歡樂。
If he does not love I, if he is to leave me, so silent, I would be really mad.
如果他不愛我,如果他要離開我的時候,也這樣一言不發,我真的會瘋掉的。
Either way you look at it, this author really wants women to be in a subordinate role, silent in church.
不論怎樣理解,這位作者極力宣揚女人扮演從屬角色,在教會里保持安靜。
She was silent for a few moments, and a look of terror came over her face.
她沉默了一會兒,現出恐懼的神色。
When you and others warm, deep down in their hearts can have my life, in your corner flicker, silent love for you, in the bone marrow.
當你和別人溫馨,心底可有我的氣息,閃爍在你的角落,為你默默的疼在骨髓里。
She had always been silent and thoughtful, and now she was more so than ever.
她一直就是一個沉靜和深思的孩子,現在她變得更是這樣了。
I grew silent and reserved as the nature of the world in which I lived became plain and undeniable.
我生活的世界的本質變得既清楚又確鑿,我卻隨著變得愈沉默愈含蓄起來。
Melanie was silent too, but at intervals her quiet face was wrenched with pain.
媚蘭也默默無聲,不過她那平靜的面容不時要因陣痛而扭曲。
She could not be silent when such points were introduced.
一提起這樣的話題,她就絕對不會沉默。
Mandelshtam perished in the purges of the 1930s, Akhmatova remained silent.
曼杰利什坦姆在30年代的清洗中死去,阿赫瑪托娃也銷聲匿跡。
Every evening he played bridge or attended the movies, and the days were blank of face and silent.
他每晚打打橋牌或者去看電影,日子平淡安靜地過去。
The gallery was kept steady, and the silent eager lookout at the water was resumed.
平臺又平穩下來了,船上的人重新又眼巴巴地注視著河面。
She would have preferred a loud scream to silent endurance.
她寧可大聲尖叫起來,也不愿意這么默默地熬忍。
On this silent parting the curtain fell.
帷幕就在這一悄然無聲的分離場面中落下。
A short distance in front of the silent party flowed slowly the sullen waters of the river of lead.
那隊默默的行列前面不遠處,陰郁的河水象注了鉛,緩慢地流動著。
He was silent for some time, his face working.
他沉默了一會兒,臉抽搐著。
These appeared to be a silent convention between them.
他們之間似乎有某種默契。
Only one man, who stood on the deck of his ship in the silent creek, was saying good-bye to her in thought as he waited for the tide.
只有一個人,在那靜悄悄的小巷灣里,這人就在帆船的甲板上,等候著潮水的到來,正默默地向她告別。
It was precisely because Kathleen was a woman to whom I could talk that I kept silent.
正因為凱絲琳是個與我心照不宣的女人,所以我才保持緘默。
Bethune started to protest but the General waved him to be silent.
白求恩剛要開口辯駁,就給將軍擺擺手止住了。
The excellence of his understanding and his principles can be concealed only by that shyness which too often keeps him silent.
只是由于靦腆,他常常保持沉默,這才使他的出色見解與高貴品質隱而不顯。
Through the moving couples they hurried out a side-door to a world that was covered thick with soft, cottony, silent snow.
他們急忙從正在走動的一對對舞伴身邊擠過去,走出一扇邊門,來到鋪滿了輕柔、沉寂,象棉花一般的雪花的世界。
For a few moments he loitered upon the doorstep, looking round at the silent square.
他在門前臺階上耽擱了一下,打量了一下寂靜的廣場。
The servants were silent with surprise, and the children were silent with fear.
仆人們因驚訝而目瞪口呆,孩子們也嚇得呆若木雞。
Miles sat silent, digesting all that he had heard.
邁爾斯坐著沒有作聲,他正在把所聽到的一切加以消化。
He hung his head and was silent.
他低下頭去不做聲。
She made as if to reply and then became silent.
她好象要回答,然后又停住了。
The guide motioned to me to be silent.
向導示意叫我別出聲。
He was silent for a moment, then he added, laughing, "No, I'll see it through, that's all. "
他沉默了一會兒,然后笑著補充道,“不,我要識破它,就這樣。”
The white man seemed to take counsel from their customs, and relinquishing his grasp of the rifle, he also remained silent and reserved.
那白人顯然也學了他們的樣,他放下槍,同樣保持著緘默。
When we later walked down the main street of the village, we were followed by a silent procession of children.
后來,當我們沿著村里的大街行走時,后面跟著一長列默默無語的孩子。
The judge charged me to be silent.
法官命令我不要講話。
They crunched over the snow into the silent village, bending forward against the mountain wind that swept through the street.
他們踏著雪走進了沉寂的村莊,身子往前彎著,頂著從街上吹過的山風。
Butlers and maids hovered over tables, silent and efficient, making sure the glasses and dishes were kept filled.
男女仆役在宴席間穿梭來往,安靜而干練地保證盤滿杯盈。
Their silent looks gave him this information.
他從他們那默不作聲的樣子看出了這一點。
The very opposite emotions of the two girls kept both silent for a long time.
兩位姑娘的感性截然不同。她們都久久地沉默著。
His wife, who will then also be a mother, might watch in silent dread but Massa insists he shall push himself to the limit again.
他那將要成為母親的妻子,可能又要無聲卻擔心地觀看他的比賽,但馬薩堅持他將再次不遺余力。
Asked why she kept silent, she said "the reason was Mehmet" , but that she later changed her story.
當被問及為什么要保持沉默時,哈尼姆說“是因為梅米特的緣故”,然而后來她又矢口否認。
26So they were unable to trap him in what he said in public: they were surprised at his answer and kept silent.
他們在民眾面前,不能抓到他的語病,且驚奇他的應對,遂噤口不言。
He broke out of his silent habit usually and told me everything from beginning to ending.
他打破了平時一貫沈默寡言的習慣,把事情原原本本都告訴了我。
26They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.
他們當著百姓,在這話上得不著把柄,又希奇他的應對,就閉口無言了。
Slowly accustomed to a person's life, become silent, become left out in the cold, didn't ideal, don't want to say, don't want to see. . .
慢慢地習慣了一個人的生活,變得沉默、變得冷落、沒了理想、不想說、不想看…
She was silent, and I wondered if my words had touched her, or whether she thought me a romantic fool.
她沉默了,我不曉得是我的話感動了她,還是她以為我是個風流的傻子。
I had expected him to tell me to "stay put" and spend the rest of my life in silent meditation.
我以為他會告訴我“如如不動”然后在冥想里度過剩余的一生。
When asked the question of her marriage, the pop star kept silent.
當被問到她的婚姻問題時,那位流行歌星保持沉默。
The beautiful girl remained silent, but there were tears in her eyes, and her face was white and red after each other.
美麗的女孩依然一聲不吭,眼里滿是淚水,臉上一陣兒紅,一陣兒白。
He fell silent for a minute or two, and to my surprise I saw that he was looking at the stars.
他一兩分鐘沒說話,我吃驚地看到他在看星星。
She saw it with concern; for what could a silent man of five and thirty hope, when opposed to a very lively one of five and twenty?
她為此深感憂慮;因為一個三十五歲的沉默寡言的人,跟一個二十五歲的朝氣蓬勃的人相競爭,哪里能有什么希望呢?
Do not disturb do not disturb the friendship, just use a pair of eyes keep silent, I now think the world and there is nothing more exciting.
不打攪不驚動友誼,只是用一雙眼睛默默關注,我此時想象不出世上還有什么比這更令人感動。
Suspicion was the companion of his last days and fear for ever followed him with silent tread.
猜疑是他最后時光的同伴,而恐懼永遠以無聲的腳步跟隨著他。
These appeared to be a silent convention between them.
他們之間似乎有某種默契。
When Butler found an opportunity of stealing after her into this place, he found Jeanne silent, dejected, and ready to burst into tears.
當巴特勒找到機會偷偷溜進這間屋子時,發現珍妮垂頭喪氣,沉默無言,簡直隨時都會失聲痛哭。
How do countless times, the question of its own, but are silent in condensate pharynx.
怎么辦,無數次的問自己,可是都是無語的凝咽。
when i go alone at night to my love-tryst, birds do not sing , the wind dose not stir , the house on both sides of street stand silent.
九當我獨自在夜晚去約會時,鳥人不鳴,風兒不吹,大街兩旁的房屋靜靜的站著。
Yet Mr Sarkozy took a bet that there was a silent majority prepared to accept change, however much they disliked it.
不過,這次薩科奇打了回賭,賭那些“沉默的大多數”雖然不喜歡這次改革,但已做好了接受的準備。
Hewlett-Packard and Dell have remained silent on the issue, saying they were continuing to look into the matter.
惠普(Hewlett-Packard)和戴爾(Dell)在這個問題上保持沉默,表示將繼續關注。
Aunt Alexandra was present but silent.
亞歷山德拉姑媽也在場,但沒吭氣。
The sea is silent and heavy.
海水沉寂而陰郁。
The other white men around him were silent.
他周圍的其他白人都一言不發。
The 'h' in honest is silent, as in 'hour'.
honest中的h與hour中的h一樣都不發音。
They had stood parting in the silent highway.
他們曾站在那條僻靜的大道上,準備告別。
His glance was changed, and even the silent look of confidence in me.
就連他那對我心照不宣的眼神都變了。
But he could not keep silent.
但他不能一言不發。
After this figure he was silent a long while.
他說了這個比喻以后,老半天沒再作聲。
The men about the table were silent.
桌子四周的人都默不作聲。