hush
verb/hʌʃ/
/hʌʃ/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they hush | /hʌʃ/ /hʌʃ/ |
| he / she / it hushes | /ˈhʌʃɪz/ /ˈhʌʃɪz/ |
| past simple hushed | /hʌʃt/ /hʌʃt/ |
| past participle hushed | /hʌʃt/ /hʌʃt/ |
| -ing form hushing | /ˈhʌʃɪŋ/ /ˈhʌʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] (used especially in orders) to be quiet; to stop talking or crying
安静；别说话；别叫喊 - Hush now and try to sleep.
别出声了，睡吧。
- Hush now and try to sleep.
- [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.
她温柔地把怀里的孩子安静下来。
- She tenderly hushed the baby in her arms.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: back-formation from obsolete husht ‘silent’ (taken to be a past participle), from an interjection husht ‘quiet!’