名詞n.1. 無(wú)聲,寂靜[U][S1] The silence was broken by a loud cry.寧?kù)o被一聲喊叫所打破. 2. 沉默,默不作聲[U][S1] Jane first broke the silence.簡(jiǎn)首先打破沉默. 3. 靜默;默哀[C] 4. (對(duì)于某事的)緘默,不提,不談[U][(+on)] I can't understand his silence on such an important matter.我真不懂他對(duì)如此重要的事情竟閉口不談. 5. 無(wú)音訊;無(wú)聯(lián)系[U] 6. 無(wú)音訊期間[C] She dropped me a line after a long silence.隔了很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間她才給我寫(xiě)了一封短信. 7. 湮沒(méi),忘卻[U] 及物動(dòng)詞 vt.1. 使沉默;使啞口無(wú)言;使安靜 The teacher tried to silence the pupils.老師設(shè)法讓學(xué)生們安靜下來(lái). 2. 消滅(噪音) 3. 壓下(意見(jiàn)) It's no use silencing opposition.壓制反對(duì)意見(jiàn)是無(wú)濟(jì)于事的. 4. 壓制(敵人火力) The machine gun was silenced.機(jī)槍被打啞了.感嘆詞 int.1. 安靜!別作聲!