silence 音标拼音: [s'ɑɪləns]
n . 沉默,无声,静寂,湮没,无声息
vt . 使缄默
int . 安静!
沈默,无声,静寂,湮没,无声息使缄默
silence 静音
silence 静寂 无声
silence n 1 :
the state of being silent (
as when no one is speaking );
"
there was a shocked silence "; "
he gestured for silence "
2 :
the absence of sound ; "
he needed silence in order to sleep ";
"
the street was quiet " [
synonym : {
silence }, {
quiet }] [
ant :
{
sound }]
3 :
a refusal to speak when expected ; "
his silence about my contribution was surprising " [
synonym : {
muteness }, {
silence }]
4 :
the trait of keeping things secret [
synonym : {
secrecy },
{
secretiveness }, {
silence }]
v 1 :
cause to be quiet or not talk ; "
Please silence the children in the church !" [
synonym : {
hush }, {
quieten }, {
silence },
{
still }, {
shut up }, {
hush up }] [
ant : {
louden }]
2 :
keep from expression ,
for example by threats or pressure ;
"
All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power "
Silence \
Si "
lence \,
n . [
F .,
fr .
L .
silentium .
See {
Silent }.]
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1 .
The state of being silent ;
entire absence of sound or noise ;
absolute stillness .
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I saw and heared ;
for such a numerous host Fled not in silence through the frighted deep .
--
Milton .
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2 .
Forbearance from ,
or absence of ,
speech ;
taciturnity ;
muteness .
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3 .
Secrecy ;
as ,
these things were transacted in silence .
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The administration itself keeps a profound silence .
--
D .
Webster .
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4 .
The cessation of rage ,
agitation ,
or tumilt ;
calmness ;
quiest ;
as ,
the elements were reduced to silence .
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5 .
Absence of mention ;
oblivion .
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And what most merits fame ,
in silence hid . --
Milton .
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Silence \
Si "
lence \,
interj .
Be silent ; --
used elliptically for let there be silence ,
or keep silence . --
Shak .
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Silence \
Si "
lence \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Silenced };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Silencing }.]
1 .
To compel to silence ;
to cause to be still ;
to still ;
to hush .
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Silence that dreadful bell ;
it frights the isle .
--
Shak .
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2 .
To put to rest ;
to quiet .
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This would silence all further opposition .
--
Clarendon .
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These would have silenced their scruples . --
Rogers .
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3 .
To restrain from the exercise of any function ,
privilege of instruction ,
or the like ,
especially from the act of preaching ;
as ,
to silence a minister of the gospel .
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The Rev .
Thomas Hooker of Chelmsford ,
in Essex ,
was silenced for nonconformity . --
B .
Trumbull .
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4 .
To cause to cease firing ,
as by a vigorous cannonade ;
as ,
to silence the batteries of an enemy .
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218 Moby Thesaurus words for "
silence ":
answer ,
answer conclusively ,
argue down ,
asphyxiate ,
ataraxia ,
ataraxy ,
blow to pieces ,
blow up ,
blunt ,
bottle up ,
brain ,
brevity ,
briefness ,
bring down ,
brusqueness ,
burn to death ,
calm ,
calmness ,
censor ,
choke ,
choke off ,
clamp down on ,
composure ,
conciseness ,
confound ,
confute ,
contemplation ,
contradict ,
controvert ,
cork ,
cork up ,
crack down on ,
crush ,
curtains ,
curtness ,
cut down ,
cut to pieces ,
damp ,
damp down ,
dampen ,
deaden ,
deal a deathblow ,
decease ,
deck ,
defeat ,
deflate ,
demise ,
demolish ,
deny ,
disarm ,
disintegrate ,
dismiss ,
dispose of ,
dissolution ,
drop ,
drown ,
dumb ,
dumbfound ,
dumbness ,
economy of words ,
emasculate ,
enchain ,
extinguish ,
fell ,
finish ,
floor ,
frag ,
gag ,
give the quietus ,
gun down ,
hamstring ,
handcuff ,
hobble ,
hog -
tie ,
hold down ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hugger -
muggery ,
hush ,
hush -
hush ,
imperturbability ,
incinerate ,
inhibit ,
jugulate ,
jump on ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
kill ,
knock out ,
laconicalness ,
laconism ,
lapidate ,
lay low ,
lucid stillness ,
lull ,
manacle ,
marmoreal repose ,
mitigate ,
mollify ,
muffle ,
mute ,
muteness ,
muzzle ,
nirvana ,
noiselessness ,
nonplus ,
obmutescence ,
overcome ,
overmaster ,
overmatch ,
overpower ,
overset ,
overthrow ,
overturn ,
overwhelm ,
pacify ,
paralyze ,
parry ,
passing ,
pauciloquy ,
peace ,
peacefulness ,
pistol ,
placidity ,
placidness ,
poleax ,
pour water on ,
propitiate ,
prostrate ,
put down ,
put out ,
put to silence ,
quash ,
quell ,
quench ,
quiescence ,
quiescency ,
quiet ,
quieten ,
quietism ,
quietness ,
quietude ,
quietus ,
rebut ,
reduce to silence ,
refute ,
repose ,
repress ,
rest ,
restfulness ,
restrain ,
reticence ,
riddle ,
satori ,
secretiveness ,
secretness ,
send flying ,
serenity ,
settle ,
shoot ,
shoot down ,
shoot to death ,
shortness ,
shotgun ,
shush ,
shut down on ,
shut off ,
shut up ,
silken repose ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
sleep ,
slumber ,
smash ,
smash all opposition ,
smother ,
snuff out ,
soft -
pedal ,
soothe ,
soundlessness ,
sparingness of words ,
speechlessness ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stab to death ,
stamp out ,
stanch ,
stifle ,
still ,
stillness ,
stone ,
stone to death ,
strangle ,
strike dead ,
strike dumb ,
stultify ,
subdue ,
subvert ,
suffocate ,
suppress ,
surmount ,
taciturnity ,
temper ,
terseness ,
throttle ,
trample out ,
trample underfoot ,
tranquillity ,
trip ,
trip up ,
truss up ,
uncommunicativeness ,
undermine ,
unloquaciousness ,
untalkativeness ,
upset ,
vaporize ,
wise passiveness ,
wordlessness SILENCE .
The state of a person who does not speak ,
or of one who refrains from speaking .
2 .
Pure and simple silence cannot be considered as a consent to a contract ,
except in cases when the silent person is bound in good faith to explain himself ,
in which case ,
silence gives consent .
6 Toull .
liv .
3 ,
t .
3 ,
n .
32 ,
note ;
14 Serg . &
Rawle ,
393 ;
2 Supp .
to Ves .
jr .
442 ;
1 Dane '
s Ab .
c .
1 ,
art .
4 ,
Sec .
3 ;
8 T .
R .
483 ;
6 Penn .
St .
R .
336 ;
1 Greenl .
Ev .
201 ;
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1313 .
But no assent will be inferred from a man '
s silence ,
unless ,
1st .
He knows his rights and knows what he is doing and ,
2d .
His silence is voluntary .
3 .
When any person is accused of a crime ,
or charged with any fact ,
and he does not deny it ,
in general ,
the presumption is very strong that the charge is correct .
7 C . &
P .
832 5 C . &
P .
332 ;
Joy on Conf .
s .
10 ,
p .
77 .
4 .
The rule does not extend to the silence of a prisoner ,
when on his examination before a magistrate he is charged by another prisoner with having joined him in the commission of an offence :
3 Stark .
C .
33 .
5 .
When an oath is administered to a witness ,
instead of expressly promising to keep it ,
he gives his assent by his silence ,
and kissing the book .
6 .
The person to be affected by the silence must be one not disqualified to act as non compos ,
an infant ,
or the like ,
for even the express promise of such a person would not bind him to the performance of any contract .
7 .
The rule of the civil law is that silence is not an acknowledgment or denial in every case ,
qui tacet ,
non utique fatetur :
sed tamen verum est ,
eum non negaro .
Dig .
50 ,
17 ,
142 .
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