silent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which is silent; a time of silence. uncountable
    — Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night.
  2. A silent movie
    — More than 40 films will be shown spanning the past seventy-five years, including early silents and talkies, contemporary productions, foreign and American films, documentaries, underground works and television shows.
形容词 adj.
  1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
    — How silent is this town!
  2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
    — Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.
  3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
    — The winds were silent, all the waves asleep, / And heaven was trac'd upon the flattering deep
  4. Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
    — The e is silent in fable.
  5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
    — Cause […] silent, virtueless, and dead.
  6. With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
    — My phone was on silent.
  7. Without audio capability.
    — The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.
  8. Hidden, unseen.
    — a silent voter; a silent partner
  9. Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.
    — silent revisions; a silent emendation
  10. Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.
  11. Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.
  12. Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

词形变化

silenter comparative more silent comparative silentest superlative most silent superlative scilent alternative,hypercorrect,obsolete silents plural scilent alternative,hypercorrect,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
taciturn mute still invisible occluded silent silential noiseless soundless
反义词
loud noisy unsilent nonsilent
上位词
lacking
衍生词
be silent fall silent immunosilent nonsilent on silent oversilent phosphosilent pseudosilent radio silent right to remain silent serosilent silent agitator silent alarm silent as a grave silent as the grave silent as the tomb silent auction silent barter silent but deadly silent butler silent-but-violent silent cinema silent commerce silent cop silent disco silent e silent fart silent film silent forest syndrome silent fox silent fox gesture Silent Grove silent h silentish silent key silent killer silent listing silently silent majority silent miscarriage silent mode silent mutation silentness silent number silent partner silent picture silent policeman silent Sam silent service silent treatment Silent Valley silent vote silent whistle strong silent type ultrasilent unsilent
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).
词源 2
From Latin silēns (“silent”), present participle of sileō (“be silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyl- (“still, windless, quiet, slow”). Related to Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (anasilan, “to cease, grow still, be silent”), Old English sālnes (“silence”).
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