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hushhQFn [U]a sudden calm silence寂静，安静There was a deathly hush after she made the announcement.她读完声明后，底下是死一般寂静。An expectant hush descended/fell on the waiting crowd (= the people suddenly became silent).等待中的人群在期望中是一片寂静。The speaker dropped his voice to a hush (= began to speak very quietly).演讲者把他的声音压得很低。Let's have some hush, please! (= Quiet, please!)请安静!(infml) If something is hush-hush, it is kept secret from people.秘密的I can't tell you anything about it--it's all hush-hush.我什么也不能告诉你----这全是秘密。The police were involved in a hush-hush operation to break a drugs ring.警方采取了秘密行动来摧毁贩毒网。(infml) Hush money is money that is given to someone to keep something they know secret.封嘴钱She claimed that the minister had offered her hush money to keep their child a secret.她声称部长曾给过她封嘴钱，让她对他们有孩子的事保密。
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