hush
hush 英 [hʌʃ] 美 [hʌʃ]
vt. 安静；肃静；缄默 n. 安静；肃静；沉默 vi. 沉默；安静下来
进行时:hushing 过去式:hushed 过去分词:hushed 第三人称单数:hushes 名词复数:hushes
- To hush is to become quiet. When an audience is eager to hear a speaker, it will hush as soon as she begins to talk.
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- vt. 安静；肃静；缄默
- n. 安静；肃静；沉默
- vi. 沉默；安静下来
- int. 嘘；别作声
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1. hush, boys, the party's getting noisy.
嘘! 小声点， 孩子们， 你们太闹了。
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2. What could he do to hush the buzzing of his mind?
怎么做才能使他脑海中的嗡嗡声安静下来？
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3. Its proper use is among huddled comrades, gathered in a sacramental hush in park or field, on the beach, in the wilderness, or the enfolding darkness of an urban den.
药品的正确使用方法，是与同志们挤在一起，同他们安静神圣地聚集在公园、空地、沙滩、旷野中，或是在都市中一个阴暗的小屋里。
- hush (n.) "state of stillness," 1680s, from hush (v.).
- hush (v.) 1540s (trans.), 1560s (intrans.), variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. The sounds chosen presumably for "being sibilations requiring the least muscular effort and admitting of the faintest utterance" [Century Dictionary]. Related: Hushed; hushing.
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