词汇 | hush |
释义 | hush noun[ S or U ] uk /hʌʃ/ us /hʌʃ/ a sudden, calm silence: (突然的)寂静,安静 deathly hushThere was a deathly hush after she made the announcement.她宣读完声明后,现场一片死寂。 hush fallsA hush fell over the room.房间里一片寂静。 mainly UKinformalLet's have some hush, please! (= Be quiet, please!)请安静! Synonyms still(NOT MOVING)literary stillness Silence & quiet acoustic tile cricket cricketsidiom dead silence deafening deafeningly hushed inaudibly muffle muffled noiseless noiselessly pin-drop quiet quietness radio silence silence silent silently under your breathidiom hush exclamation uk /hʌʃ/ us /hʌʃ/ used to tell someone to be quiet: 嘘(用于叫人保持安静) Hush! You'll wake the baby!嘘!你会吵醒婴儿的! Linguistics: interjections aiyo attaboy attagirl auf Wiedersehen aw shucks doctor eat your heart outidiom figure guess lordy marry mazel tov more more power to your elbow!idiom roll yoicks yoink you know something?idiom you should have seen/heard something/someoneidiom you the man!idiom hush | American Dictionaryhush noun[ U ] us/hʌʃ/ quiet or silence, esp. after noise: A hush fell over the crowd. hushexclamationus/hʌʃ/ Hush! You’ll wake the baby! Examples of hushhush Now usually only used in the phrase with bated breath hushed and very ordinary or trivial ones. I shall not say too much about this because, obviously, the matter has been hushed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why was this case allowed to be stopped, and why was it so suddenly hushed up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a culture of hushing things up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will tell us, perhaps, why it is hushed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, if there is possible ground for disagreement it should not be hushed up and dealt with by any form of secrecy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One cannot guarantee that a complaint of criminal activity or a criminal offence of a disreputable nature will not be hushed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How many other cases of this nature have been hushed up? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Supposing that at any moment of anxiety every voice of criticism must be hushed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I resent the suggestion that anything has been hushed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is every chance in a district where slackness exists of crime being hushed up by village officers and by policemen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not this matter being hushed up to avoid a scandal? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They hushed it up and issued denials for so long that they had no choice but to continue doing so. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We deny that this is how personal data is protected and are worried that a possibly less than transparent deal is being hushed up. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English There are one or two other incidents which have been investigated and hushed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of hush These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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