silence
英 [ˈsaɪləns] 美 [ˈsaɪləns]

n.

沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默；无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯；[乐]停止；

vt.

使安静；使沉默；压制；

变形

过去式：silenced过去分词：silenced现在分词：silencing第三人称单数：silences

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U] 寂静,无声 absence of sound; complete quiet
2. [U] 沉默 the state of not speaking or making a noise
3. [U] 无音信,失去联系 failure to write a letter, to telephone, etc.
4. [C] 寂静时刻,期间 a moment or period of any of these conditions

v.(动词)

1. vt. 使安静; 使沉默 cause to be quiet; make silent

英英释义

silence[ 'sailəns ]

• n.
  • the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)

    "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"

  • the absence of sound

    "he needed silence in order to sleep"

    同义词：quiet

  • a refusal to speak when expected

    "his silence about my contribution was surprising"

    同义词：muteness

  • the trait of keeping things secret

    同义词：secrecysecretiveness

• v.
  • cause to be quiet or not talk

    "Please silence the children in the church!"

    同义词：hushquietenstillshut uphush up

  • keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

    "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• break a silence打破沉默
• buy sb's silence用贿赂封某人的口
• interrupt a silence打破沉默
• keep silence保持沉默
• maintain silence保持沉默
• observe a silence保持静默
• observe three minutes' silence默哀三分钟
• pass into silence湮没在无声无息中
• purchase sb's silence用贿赂堵住某人的口
• put sb to silence驳得某人哑口无言
• retreat into one's silence沉默不语
• treasure silence珍视沉默
• understand a silence理解沉静的意思〔态度〕

形容词+～

• absolute silence绝对的沉默
• angry silence愤怒的沉默
• awful silence可怕的寂静
• awkward silence尴尬的沉默
• brief silence短暂的沉默
• complete silence完全沉静
• dead silence死一般的寂静
• deep silence寂静
• long silence长时间的沉默
• perfect silence完全的沉默
• short silence短暂的沉默
• strict silence严格的沉默
• total silence完全沉默

名词+～

• radio silence无线电寂静

介词+～

• in silence沉默地,无声地
• listen to sb in silence默默地听某人讲
• pass a matter with silence对某事置之不理

～+介词

• silence between…之间默默无言
• silence of midnight子夜的寂静
• silence on recent events对近来发生的事保持沉默

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

• silence crowd使人群安静下来
• silence the children使孩子们安静下来

～+副词

• silence awkwardly尴尬地沉默
• silence completely完全沉默
• silence discreetly慎重地沉默
• silence effectually有效地沉默
• silence grimly阴森地沉默
• silence horribly可怕地沉默
• silence incessantly持续不断地沉默
• silence momentarily顷刻地沉默
• silence mysteriously秘密地沉默
• silence painfully痛苦地沉默
• silence sarcastically嘲笑地沉默
• silence sincerely严肃地沉默
• silence sternly严肃地沉默
• silence terribly可怕地沉默
• silence unbearably难以忍受地沉默

词组短语

in silence沉默地

keep silence保持沉默，保持安静

silence is gold沉默是金

silence is golden沈默是金

break the silence打破沉默；打破宁静

dead silence静默无声；死一般的沉寂

conspiracy of silence保持缄默的密约

radio silence无线电寂静

更多收起词组短语

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. We interpreted his silence as a refusal.
   我们认为他的沉默是拒绝的表示。
2. His forceful arguments reduced his opponents to silence.
   他那有力的论点驳得对手哑口无言。
3. There was nothing but silence in the room.
   这间屋内声息全无，一片寂静。
4. A terrible silence descended upon the whole hall.
   一阵可怕的寂静突然笼罩着整个厅堂。

用作及物动词(vt.)

1. The teacher tried to silence the pupils.
   老师设法让学生们安静下来。
2. The speaker tried to silence the angry crowd .
   讲话者试图使愤怒的人群安静下来。
3. The enemy's guns were silenced by repeated bombings.
   敌人的炮火因遭到轮番轰炸而沉寂了。

权威例句

Noise amidst the silence: off-target effects of siRNAs?
Hearing silence: non-neutral evolution at synonymous sites in mammals.
DNMT1 and DNMT3b cooperate to silence genes in human cancer cells
Illuminating the silence: understanding the structure and function of small RNAs
Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression
Challenges:communication through silence in wireless sensor networks
ATM-dependent chromatin changes silence transcription in cis to DNA double-strand breaks.
DNA hypomethylation can activate Xist expression and silence X-linked genes.
A pattern recognition approach to voiced-unvoiced-silence classification with applications to speech recognition
Dnmt3a binds deacetylases and is recruited by a sequence-specific repressor to silence transcription