silence
美 [ˈsaɪləns] 
英 ['saɪləns]
- n.沉默；寂静；无声；缄默
- v.压制；使安静；使不说话
- int.静下来
- 网络深情密码；静默；静音
词形变化
复数：silences 现在分词：silencing 过去式：silenced 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | [u] 寂静；无声a complete lack of noise or sound |
| Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。 |
| A scream broke the silence of the night. 一声尖叫划破了寂静的夜晚。 |
| I need absolute silence when I'm working. 我工作时需要绝对的安静。 |
2. | [c][u] 沉默；缄默；默不作声a situation when nobody is speaking |
| an embarrassed/awkward silence 难堪╱尴尬的沉默 |
| a moment's stunned silence 一时惊愕得说不出话来 |
| I got used to his long silences. 我已习惯了他半天不说话的样子。 |
| They finished their meal in total silence . 他们默不作声地吃完饭。 |
| She lapsed into silence again. 她又沉默下来。 |
| There was a deafening silence(= one that is very noticeable) . 四下里静得刺耳。 |
| a two-minute silence in honour of those who had died 为死去的人默哀两分钟 |
3. | [u][sing] 缄默；缄口不谈；拒绝回答a situation in which sb refuses to talk about sth or to answer questions |
| She broke her public silence in a TV interview. 她接受了一次电视采访，就此结束了她不在公开场合说话的状态。 |
| The company's silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt. 公司在这个问题上保持沉默被当作是承认有罪。 |
| the right to silence(= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested) 沉默权 |
| There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening(= everyone has agreed not to discuss it) . 对于发生的事情，大家一致保持缄默。 |
4. | [u] 互相不通音信的情形；无书信（或电话）联系a situation in which people do not communicate with each other by letter or telephone |
| The phone call came after months of silence. 几个月没有音信之后，打来了一个电话。 |
1. | ~ sb/sth 使安静；使不说话to make sb/sth stop speaking or making a noise |
| She silenced him with a glare. 她瞪了他一眼，他就不作声了。 |
| Our bombs silenced the enemy's guns(= they destroyed them) . 我们的轰炸把敌人的炮火打哑了。 |
2. | ~ sb/sth 压制，使不再发表（反对意见）to make sb stop expressing opinions that are opposed to yours |
| All protest had been silenced. 一切反对的声音都被压了下去。 |
| Her recent achievements have silenced her critics. 她近来取得的成果让那些批评她的人无话可说了。 |
1. | （用以让人们安静）安静，静下来used to tell people to be quiet |
| Silence in court! 法庭内保持肃静！ |
习惯用语
silence is golden
沉默是金it is often best not to say anything
英汉解释
n. | 1. 沉默,无言;无表示;无声,沉静,肃静,寂静;【乐】停止 |
v. | 1. 使(嘈杂声音等)静下来;堵住...的嘴,使无言;使(敌人的炮台等)沉默,打哑 2. 把...说得无话可对,使哑口无言;使停止;使安静 |
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英英解释
例句
Razing the Liuhe the Emperor's palace, was the silence of terracotta warriors guard the city, seems to be cold bronze.
扫平六合的始皇帝的宫阙，被兵马俑拱卫的沉默之城，似乎是青铜色的冷光。
I read an account of a man who made it to the summit. And standing there at the top of the world, he experienced this profound silence.
我以前看过有个登顶珠峰的人这样写道，在脚踏世界之巅的那刻，他才体会到无与伦比的寂静。
The syllables of the word Araby were called to me through the silence in which my soul luxuriated and cast an Eastern enchantment over me.
阿拉比这几个字在静默中向我呼唤，我的灵魂沉浸其间，被这种东方的魔力吸引。
The verdict will by no means silence those who recoil instinctively at the thought of two men or two women marrying.
该判决绝不会让那些一想到两个男人或两个女人结婚就本能排斥的人就此沉默。
On this occasion, the ex-manager ate his as he went, plodding the dark streets in silence to his bed.
这一次，这位前经理边走边吃，默默地拖着沉重的脚步走过夜色中的街道，回去睡觉。
As the play worked up to a climax, all the spectators held their breath and silence reigned through the hall.
当那出戏逐渐达到高潮时，观众们个个屏息凝气，整个大厅鸦雀无声。
All that remained was a great garden of silence interrupted now and then by the sick woman's frightened moans.
只剩下一片广大的寂静之园，还有病弱的女人偶尔惊恐地呻吟几声打破岑寂。
On being left alone with his wife, Jondrette began to pace the room again, and made the tour of it two or three times in silence.
容德雷特独自和他女人待在一道，又开始在屋子里走起来，一声不响地兜了两三个圈子。
His Uncle sat looking at him for some time in silence.
他的舅舅坐在那里默默地看了他一些时候。
then the television set went off . Bonnie began to cry . " Shut up , honey , " Evey said . There was a silence .
接着电视给关上了。邦尼开始哭了起来。“别哭了，宝贝，”埃维说。一阵寂静。
When curiosity seems to be getting the upper hand, remember that "Silence is golden. "
当好奇心蠢蠢欲动时，切记这句话：“沉默是金。”
He had once thought to gouge it out, but that had been a long time ago, and as time passed in the silence of the Waste, he had forgotten.
他曾经想过把这个标志挖去，但那是很久以前的事了。在寂静的荒野地，随着时间的流逝，他逐渐忘记了。
When the ban came into force at midnight, correspondents said there was a moment's silence, before the square erupted in cheers.
当午夜禁令开始执行的时候，记者说那一刻非常宁静，之后广场爆发出欢呼声。
The game lacked a bit of spark due to the silence. On the positive side, we are more used to playing on this kind of pitch than Celtic.
但是在积极方面看来，我们应该更习惯在像凯尔特人主场这样的场地上比赛。
The silence represents my mistake, bids good-bye is not the only result, I only am had not thought how good should say to you.
沉默不是代表我的错，分手不是唯一的结果，我只是还没有想好该怎么对你说。
It wounded his dignity, and he locked himself up in silence, then, although the crowd begged him to go on.
这也太伤他的体面了；他闭口藏舌，再也不肯出声，可是那群人还请求他往下说。
I watched him climb the hill in silence. I expected him to come the next day but he did not come.
我默默注视他爬上山。第二天我想他还会来，但他没有。
Perhaps the next time he suggests a night out, I can persuade him to see a film, so we can sit in blissful silence in the cinema instead.
可能下次他建议晚上出去，我就可以建议他去看场电影，这样的话我们就可以坐在电影院享受令人陶醉的沉默啦。
It was the cool gray dawn, and there was a delicious sense of repose and peace in the deep pervading calm and silence of the woods.
此时正值凉爽的、灰蒙蒙的黎明时分，林子里一片静谧，给一种甜蜜的安息与和平的气氛围扰着。
No sooner had the reverberation of my blows sunk into silence, than I was answered by a voice from within the tomb!
我敲墙的回响余音未寂，就听得墓冢里发出一下声音！
He listened to the starter retching and retching, the racing of the engine, and then the slow decline to silence.
他听着汽车的起动器干呕了两声，接着马达发动起来，声音逐渐消失在远处。
They crept on for a few minutes in silence.
她们在沉默中缓缓地走了几分钟。
The volcano spurts smoke and lave after 3 years of silence.
平静了三年的火山突然喷出浓烟和熔岩。
They stood in silence in the open kitchen door, she struggling against her tears, he struggling against his shame.
他们默默地站在敞开的厨房门口，她在努力克制自己的泪水；他在使劲抑制自己的羞愧之心。
There was silence, all eyes riveted on him.
静悄悄的，所有眼睛都盯着他。
He found that silence helped him much more than words.
他发现，默不作声对他倒更有利。
Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around.
昏暗和寂静，统治了四周。
This time the silence was complete.
这下孩子们都鸦雀无声。
The silence that followed seemed unnatural.
接着便是异乎寻常的寂静。
The little girl was awed into silence.
那小女孩被吓得不敢做声了。
They ate their dinner quietly, for to all it was an effort to speak, and after one or two attempts they had subsided into silence.
他们静静地吃着，因为每个人都觉得不易开口，勉强说了一两句，大家便不作声了。
She stared back at him in silence, not knowing what to say.
她静静地看着他，不知该说什么。
It wounded his dignity, and he locked himself up in silence, then, although the crowd begged him to go on.
这也太伤他的体面了；他闭口藏舌，再也不肯出声，可是那群人还请求他往下说。
Polly knew that she was being watched but still her mother's persistent silence could not be misunderstood.
波莉知道自己受到监视，即使母亲始终保持沉默，她的用意还是不言而喻的。
That burdened heart of his would not be still, would not let him keep silence--would not let him breathe until he cried again.
他那颗深受压抑的心不会平静下来，不会让他沉默下去--直等到他再一次哭喊起来它才会允许他呼吸。
I am determined to find out the secret of her silence toward her mother.
我得弄明白她为什么对她母亲守口如瓶。
The silence on the top level was oppressive, and I thought it my duty to break the ice.
最高一级官员的缄默是令人难堪的，因而我认为我应当打破这个沉闷局面。
His voice trailed off into silence as he looked absently about the walls and Scarlett understood him.
他的声音渐渐消失，一面有意无意地看看四周的墙壁，思嘉莉特懂得他的意思。
Her voice came to him now from out of a deep, far-away silence and he paid her no heed.
她的声音这时候仿佛从很远很深的寂静中传到他耳里，他置之不理。
There was a strange little silence in her.
她蹊跷地沉默了片刻。
She contemplated him in silence.
她默默地注视着他。
They went for a little in silence, and then he saw she was crying.
他们默不作声地走了一会儿，然后他看到了她在哭哩。
They're trying to wear us down by silence.
他们是想用沉默来拖垮我们。
In silence her thoughts would take the colour of his own.
她的思想能在静默中受到他的影响。
The party broke up in silence and dismay.
这次的集会就在沉默和忧郁的气氛中散场。
The old man and the child passed on through the glad silence.
老人和女孩在这种愉快的沉寂里前进。
A fine sound pierced the silence.
寂静中响起了一种细小的声音。
She weighed that remark in silence for a while.
她默默地揣摸了一会儿这话的意思。
The soup came and the two men ate in silence for a while.
汤端上来了，两人默默地喝了一会儿。
In silence her eyes met Scarlett's.
默默无声地，她的眼睛遇到了思嘉莉特的眼睛。
And out of that silence, out of the order comes compassion, because it has no cause.
从那寂静，从那秩序中产生了慈悲，因为它没有原因。
He rose abruptly, rammed his hands into his pockets, and stood facing the window; she looked at his back in a long silence.
他突然站起来，把双手塞进裤袋里。他面对窗子站着。她望着他的背，久久地默不作声。
He said he had the right to silence during the police interrogations.
他说警察审问时他有权保持沉默。
And with everyone getting louder, this silence - or not communicating for any length of time - has become even more of a sacred commodity.
在人类日渐喧哗的今天，沉默，或是不花费任何时间用来交谈，已经成为了神圣的代名词。
For some time he continued to sit in silence. Then he looked up, lifted those hands calmly, judiciously, and nodded his head.
他静静地又坐了一会儿，然后抬起头来，安详地、有见地地举起了双手，点了点头。
Mrs. Clinton's Senate office broke a week of silence to acknowledge the talks but cautioned that they had not been made final.
参议员希拉里的工作组近日终于打破沉默，承认谈判仍在进行中，不过他们该没有做好最后决定。
An act like this is prepared within the silence of the heart, as is a great work of art.
同伟大的艺术作品一样，如此的行为酝酿于心中的沉寂。
After all, people in this middle of the night silence of the night, who would knock her to move the new tenants of the door?
毕竟，在这夜深人寂的夜里，有谁会来敲她这个新搬住户的房门？
The wind and snow all over the sky on a winter romance, the noise of the world into silence again.
漫天的风雪讲述着冬夜的浪漫，喧嚣的世界再次陷入沉寂。
The dwarf's sudden silence went unnoticed, as Duck had begun to regale him with his own life story.
侏儒突然的沉寂没被注意，同时鸭子开始了他自己生活经历的吹擂。
When I had lain awake a little while, those extraordinary voices with which silence teems, began to make themselves audible.
我睁着双眼无眠地躺了一会儿，在寂静之中又出现了奇怪的响声，一切东西都在低语。
We waited respectfully for her to break the silence.
我们尊重地等待她打破沉寂。
So I signalled with my hand and gave her that stare to silence her, I did not want her to disrupt the meeting. . .
我就做了一些手势和打个眼色，要她安静，不要骚扰聚会…
Nobody gave and answer . Only the pious said she was a bad woman. While some of the good women kept silence. They knew.
无人解开谜底，只有那些教徒们说她是不忠的女人，但一些本份的女人却保持缄默，其实她们心里明白。
After another period of gentle back rubbing and silence, I said I was glad to have learned so much from the world's expert back rubbers.
送回来后，又揉和沉默了一段时间，我说我很高兴学到了来自世界各地的专家回橡胶多。
''I began to leave my body; I began to inhabit the air and silence.
我离开了我的身体；我开始在空气中无声地飘荡着。
Her voice changed long again and I immediately hinted other colleagues around the office to keep silence.
她说着说着声音又变了，拖长了。我立即示意办公室的其他同事，不要说话。
After an awkward silence, Lisa completely flushed and with her head down started to talk.
经过了一阵难堪的沉默之后，丽莎的脸已经羞得通红。她低垂着头开始说话。
Silence for a period of time, the company seems to let us see its past glories of time.
沉寂了一段时间的互联网公司，似乎让我们看到了其昔日辉煌的光景。
Sometimes, he would also sit in silence, absorbed in his own thoughts. I wondered what was going through his mind?
有时也会静静的坐在那儿有所沉思，他在思索些什么呢？
They digested this in silence, looking up at her, puzzled.
她们把这话默默咀嚼了一会儿，抬起头朝她看了看，现出了疑惑的神色。
His breathing sounded heavy in the drowsy silence.
在一片困人的沉寂中，他的呼吸听上去很沉重。
Silence thickened in the sleeping house.
沉睡的房子更加寂静。
The silence was not very prolonged.
沉默的僵局很快被打破了。
A desert is a beautiful land of silence and space.
沙漠是一片美丽的大地，沉寂、辽阔。
How would you translate his silence?
对他的沉默你将做何解释呢？
We had to work at night and in total silence.
我们必须在夜间干，而且绝对不能发出响声。
She broke the silence by coughing.
她的咳嗽声打破了寂静。
Mauna Loa awoke from a 25-year silence in July 1975, filling its summit-pit crater with lava.
莫纳罗亚火山在1975年7月又从沉睡了25年的状态下苏醒过来了，山顶上的火山口充满了熔岩。
They crossed the river by a ferry, and rode long time in silence, while the twilight slowly fell behind the aspens.
他们乘一只摆渡船过了河，默不作声地骑了一大段路，那时候，暮色慢慢地落在白杨树的后面了。
