silent

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a. 沉默的, 安静的, 无声的, 静止的 [医] 静止的, 无症状的

发音

US /ˈsaɪlənt/

词形变化

silents 复数 silents silenter 比较级 silenter silentest more silent 比较级 silentest 最高级 most silent 最高级

别名

scilent

教材释义与例句

名词

无声电影

形容词

沉默的；寂静的；无记载的

without any sound, or not making any sound

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A silent movie

  2. 2.

    That which is silent; a time of silence.

    不可数
adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.

    安静

    恬静

    静

    恬

    恬恬

    What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.

  2. 2.

    Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.

    沉默

    缄默

  3. 3.

    Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.

  4. 4.

    Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.

    The e is silent in fable.

    Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell.

    The l in the English word salmon is silent.

  5. 5.

    Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.

  6. 6.

    With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.

    工程

    My phone was on silent.

  7. 7.

    Without audio capability.

    工程

    The Magnavox Odyssey was a silent console.

  8. 8.

    Hidden, unseen.

    a silent voter; a silent partner

  9. 9.

    Of an edit or change to a text, not explicitly acknowledged.

    silent revisions; a silent emendation

  10. 10.

    Not implying significant modifications which would affect a peptide sequence.

    生物 医学
  11. 11.

    Undiagnosed or undetected because of an absence of symptoms.

  12. 12.

    Of distilled spirit: having no flavour or odour.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

still mum understood dumb mute unspoken tacit soundless wordless tongueless

近义相关 9

quiet inaudible implicit inarticulate unarticulate unhearable incommunicative inexplicit uncommunicative

相关短语

silent treatment 沉默对待 silent number silent alarm silent key silent alarms silent disco silent auction silent film 无声电影 silent barter silent partner [法] 隐名合伙人, 匿名股东 silent partners [经] 不参加经营的合伙人 silent films silent auctions silent as the grave 无声的, 一言不发的

词源

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”).

来源：wiktionary