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单词
stillness
释义
Definition of
stillness
in English:
stillness
noun
ˈstɪlnəs
ˈstɪlnəs
mass noun
The absence of movement or sound.
absolute stillness greeted our gaze
an eerie stillness engulfed the camp
Example sentences
Examples
A powerful, palpable stillness filled the cool night.
Perhaps he's still less at home with movement than he is with stillness.
Walking up the gravel path feels like the approach to some kind of altar, the scrunching stones disturbing in the stillness.
His carefully balanced compositions often create an island of stillness, a moment of revelatory quiet amid the modern churnings.
They prefer a mongrel vitality to a purebred stillness, a jumbled collage to a more settled composition.
Definition of
stillness
in US English:
stillness
noun
ˈstilnəs
ˈstɪlnəs
The absence of movement or sound.
absolute stillness greeted our gaze
an eerie stillness engulfed the camp
Example sentences
Examples
They prefer a mongrel vitality to a purebred stillness, a jumbled collage to a more settled composition.
A powerful, palpable stillness filled the cool night.
His carefully balanced compositions often create an island of stillness, a moment of revelatory quiet amid the modern churnings.
Walking up the gravel path feels like the approach to some kind of altar, the scrunching stones disturbing in the stillness.
Perhaps he's still less at home with movement than he is with stillness.
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