quiet

1. ADJ Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise. 輕聲的; 安靜的

Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented. 塔妮婭把孩子們料理得安心而滿足。

2. quietlyADV 輕聲地; 安靜地[ADV with v]

"This is goodbye, isn't it?" she said quietly. “這就算告別了，不是嗎？”她輕聲地說道。

3. ADJ If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there. 寂靜的

She was received in a small, quiet office. 她在一間寂靜的小辦公室里受到接見。

4. quietnessN-UNCOUNT 寂靜

I miss the quietness of the countryside. 我懷念農(nóng)村的寂靜。

5. ADJ If a place, situation, or time is quiet, there is no excitement, activity, or trouble. 平靜的; 清靜的

...a quiet rural backwater. …一個清靜的鄉(xiāng)間隱蔽處。

6. quietlyADV 平靜地; 清靜地[ADV with v]

His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm. 不過，他最珍貴的時光將在自己的農(nóng)場上平靜地度過。

7. N-UNCOUNT Quiet is silence. 安靜

He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honour. 他要求靜下來，并宣布下一首歌是獻給我們的。

8. ADJ If you are quiet, you are not saying anything. 不出聲的[v-link ADJ]

I told them to be quiet and go to sleep. 我叫他們不要說話，去睡覺。

9. quietlyADV 不出聲地[ADV with v]

Amy stood quietly in the doorway watching him. 艾米一聲不響地站在門口看著他。

10. ADJ A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset. 冷靜的; 不易動怒的

He's a nice quiet man. 他是個冷靜的好男人。

11. V-T/V-I [美國英語] →see quieten , quieten

12. PHRASE If you keep quiet about something or keep something quiet, you do not say anything about it. 保守秘密

I told her to keep quiet about it. 我叫她對此保守秘密。

13. PHRASE If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it. 秘密地

She'd promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could see. 她答應(yīng)在無人看見時秘密地給他上駕駛課。