silence

silence /'sailidʤ/
  • danh từ
    • sự lặng thinh, sự nín lặng
      • silence gives consent: làm thinh là tình đã thuận
      • to suffer in silence: chịu đau khổ âm thầm
      • to put somebody to silence: bắt ai nín thinh; bác bỏ lý lẻ của ai;
      • silence!: đề nghị yên lặng!
    • tính trầm lặng
    • sự im hơi lặng tiếng
      • after five years' silence: sau năm năm im hơi lặng tiếng
    • sự lãng quên
      • to pass into silence: bị lãng quên, bị bỏ qua
    • sự yên lặng, sự yên tĩnh, sự tĩnh mịch
      • the silence of the night: sự tĩnh mịch của đêm khuya
  • ngoại động từ
    • bắt phải im, bắt phải câm họng
      • to silence the enemy's batteries: bắt pháo địch phải câm họng
      • to silence the best debaters: làm cho những vị tranh luận cừ khôi nhất cũng phải cứng họng

 yên tĩnh

cone of silence
 vùng giảm suất
point of silence
 điểm lặng
silence period
 thời gian im lặng
the silence or exhaust gasket is blowing
 khí thải đang rò rỉ từ ống giảm thanh (pô)
zone of silence
 vùng im lặng
zone of silence
 vùng lặng

Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): silence, silencer, silence, silent, silently


Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): silence, silencer, silence, silent, silently


Xem thêm: quiet, muteness, secrecy, secretiveness, hush, quieten, still, shut up, hush up



silence

Từ điển Collocation

silence noun

1 quietness

ADJ. lengthy, long, prolonged | brief, momentary, a moment's, short There was a moment's silence before she replied. | deep, hushed | absolute, complete, dead, deadly, deathly, total, utter We sat in complete silence, save for the ticking of the clock. A deathly silence hung over the town. | shocked, stunned | awkward, embarrassed, embarrassing, strained, uncomfortable An awkward silence followed. | fraught, heavy, ominous, tense | brooding She fell into long, brooding silences. | stony, sullen | eerie | companionable They walked in companionable silence. | expectant, pregnant | sudden

VERB + SILENCE maintain She maintained a stony silence. | break, interrupt, punctuate, shatter Lewis finally broke the long silence between them. a silence punctuated only by the occasional sniff from the children | lapse into, relapse into, retreat into, subside into, trail into (all only used about people) He lapsed into a sullen silence. | stun sb into The boys were stunned into silence by this news. | be met with Her question was met with an uneasy silence. | observe (= as a sign of respect for the dead, etc.) A minute's silence for the victims will be observed.

SILENCE + VERB descend, fall A sudden silence fell over the room. | hang, prevail, reign Silence reigned. | ensue, follow | deepen, grow, lengthen, spread, stretch He thought for a moment, the silence lengthening.

PREP. in (the) ~ They ate their breakfast in silence.

2 not saying anything about sth

ADJ. deafening The government's only response has been a deafening silence. | dignified | deliberate

VERB + SILENCE keep, maintain He has so far kept a dignified silence on the subject.

PREP. ~ from There seems to have been a deliberate silence from the newspapers.

PHRASES a conspiracy/wall of silence There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening (= nobody is willing to talk about it). | the right to silence (= the right not to say anything when accused of a crime), a vow of silence She has broken her vow of silence on the issue.


Từ điển WordNet

    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; quiet

    he needed silence in order to sleep

    the street was quiet

  • a refusal to speak when expected; muteness

    his silence about my contribution was surprising

  • the trait of keeping things secret; secrecy, secretiveness

    v.

  • cause to be quiet or not talk; hush, quieten, still, shut up, hush up

    Please silence the children in the church!

  • keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure

    All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

silences|silenced|silencing
ant.: noise