si·lent
adjective/ˈsaɪlənt/
/ˈsaɪlənt/
- where there is little or no sound; making little or no sound
无声的；安静的；不喧闹的 - At last the traffic fell silent.
车辆的喧嚣终于消逝了。 - The streets were silent and deserted.
大街小巷寂无一人。
Extra Examples- The new bus is virtually silent.
新公共汽车几乎没有噪声。 - As darkness began to fall, the cannon fell silent.
夜幕降临后，炮声归于沉寂。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- dead
- …
- about
- on
- At last the traffic fell silent.
- (of a person) not speaking
不说话的；沉默的 - to remain/stay/keep silent
保持沉默 - As the curtain rose, the audience fell silent.
幕启时，观众安静下来。 - He gave me the silent treatment (= did not speak to me because he was angry).
他对我不予理睬。 - Half the room went silent and turned to see what was happening.
半个屋子的人都安静下来，转头看发生了什么。 - They huddled together in silent groups.
他们一群群地围在一起，默不作声。 - The mayor was silent for a moment.
市长沉默了片刻。
Extra Examples- Len remained obstinately silent.
莱恩固执地一言不发。 - She sat silent throughout the meal.
吃饭时她静静地坐着，没说一句话。 - I could not keep silent any longer.
我再也不能保持沉默了。 - The room grew silent as the men entered.
这些人一进来房间里就变得鸦雀无声。 - We were asked to remain silent for two minutes.
我们被要求保持沉默两分钟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- dead
- …
- about
- on
- to remain/stay/keep silent
- [only before noun] not expressed with words or sound
不用言语表达的；无声的 - a silent prayer/protest
默祷；无声的抗议 - They nodded in silent agreement.
他们默默地点头表示同意。
- a silent prayer/protest
- (of a letter in a word) written but not pronounced
不发音的 - The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent.
lamb 中的 b 不发音。
- The ‘b’ in ‘lamb’ is silent.
- [only before noun] (of old films) with pictures but no sound
无声的；无声电影的 - a silent film/movie
无声电影 - stars of the silent screen
无声电影时代的明星
- a silent film/movie
- [only before noun] not talking very much
很少说话的；不爱说话的；少言寡语的 - He's the strong silent type.
他是那种强悍而沉默寡言的人。
- He's the strong silent type.
- silent (on/about something) not giving information about something; refusing to speak about something
不提供情况的；未谈及的；拒绝讲的 - The report is strangely silent on this issue.
很奇怪，报告对这个问题避而不谈。 - the right to remain silent (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested)
沉默权
Extra Examples- They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.
对于他们的意图，他们一直没有透露过一个字。 - This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent.
这个话题官方文件避而不谈，不是个祥兆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- dead
- …
- about
- on
- The report is strangely silent on this issue.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘not speaking’): from Latin silent- ‘being silent’, from the verb silere.