The owl's cry cut through the silence in the forest. 猫头鹰的叫声划破了森林的寂静。
The silence was broken by the soft sound of rain. 轻柔的雨滴声打破了寂静。
When I answered the phone there was dead silence (=no sound at all). 我接起电话时,里面什么声音也没有。
Long silences make her uncomfortable. 长时间的沉默让她很不舒服。
We stared at each other in stunned silence. 我们惊呆了,一言不发地互相凝视着对方。
We begin our service with a moment of silence. 我们开始做礼拜时要先静默一会儿。
They drove home in silence. 他们默不作声地开车回家。
She maintained an angry silence. 她一直生着闷气。
Her silence on the subject has been interpreted as a sign of guilt. 她对此事的缄默被视为愧疚的表示。
A letter finally arrived from Lee, ending his long silence. 终于收到李的来信,从而结束了这段漫长的杳无音信的日子。
present tense | |
I/you/we/they | silence |
he/she/it | silences |
present participle | silencing |
past tense | silenced |
past participle | silenced |
He silenced her with an angry look. 他生气地看了她一眼,示意她安静。
After about twenty minutes, someone managed to silence the alarm. 大约20分钟后,终于有人把警报声关掉了。
They were completely silenced by the news. 听到这个消息后,他们全都哑口无言。
Efforts to silence opposition have so far been unsuccessful. 对反对派言论的压制目前来说还远未成功。
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