英 [ˈsaɪləns] 美 [ˈsaɪləns]
n. 寂静，无声；沉默，默不作声:；保持沉默，拒绝回答；无音信，失去联系；默哀，静默
v. 使安静，使不说话；压制，使不再发表（反对意见）；杀……灭口；给（枪，排气系统）装消音器
int. <正式>（用以让人们安静）安静，静下来
复数silences
第三人称单数silences
现在分词silencing
过去式silenced
过去分词silenced
silence /ˈsaɪləns/ CET4 TEM4 [ silencing silenced silences ]
有变体名词 If there is silence, nobody is speaking. 沉默
They stood in silence.
他们默默地站着。
He never lets those long silences develop during dinner.
他在晚餐时从不会让长时间的沉默出现。
不可数名词 Someone's silence about something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it. 缄默
The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
该区法院裁决波珀今天在法庭中的缄默应被看作是进行无罪抗辩。
习语 If someone breaks their silence about something, they talk about something that they have not talked about before or for a long time. 打破沉默; 开口讲话
及物动词 If someone silences you, they stop you from expressing opinions that they do not agree with. 制止 (发表不同意见)
Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
像其他暴君一样，他试图压制任何公开反对他的人。
the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
there was a shocked silence ; he gestured for silence
the trait of keeping things secret
同义词： secrecy / secretiveness
keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power
沉默-引用次数：203
It is the combination of silence and speech that realizes the human communication.
然而沉默和言语共同实现了人类交际。
沉寂-引用次数：14
Poetry on the aesthetic drawbacks of most of its work is ultimately attributable to the nature of the reasons for silence.
诗歌审美上的弊病是其大部分作品最终归于沉寂的本质原因。
参考来源骤发间的光辉与沉寂后的叹息
沉默-引用次数：116
It is the combination of silence and speech that realizes the human communication.
然而沉默和言语共同实现了人类交际。
打哑 敌炮火
安静
沉默
静寂
无声
汪苏泷，英文名：Silence，中国内地男歌手，音乐人。代表作品：《年轮》《一笑倾城》《那个男孩》《忽而今夏》等。个人专辑：《慢慢懂》《万有引力》《传世乐章》《登陆计划》《莱芙》《克制凶猛》。
在他的哲学脉络里，他以柏拉图的沉默(Silence)作为区分哲学家的关键词，那什么是柏拉图的Silence?
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沉默；寂静；缄默；不谈；无声状态
使沉默；使安静；压制；消除噪音
His silence unnerved us.
他的沉默令我们心里发慌。
We drove homewards in silence.
我们默默地开车回家。
We watched in awed silence.
我们敬畏地默然观看着。
He says the almost overpowering silence and deepness of the Grand Canyon shakes people at least briefly out of their self-importance.
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This is Barth's effort to enclose the silence into something readable, to contain that impossibility in the structure of the story.
这是巴斯想把沉默嵌套到某些可阅读的的，在故事的结构中包含一些不可能的努力。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In their silence they were themselves. "They"ve only recently learned to sell these crystals since the highway was built about ten years back.
只有在平静中，她们才显露出自己的真实面目,“她们是在最近才学会卖这些水晶石的，大概是10年前。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And everywhere was silence- the strange silence that comes only to a room where the clock has stopped ticking.
VOA : special.2010.05.15
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token, And the only word there spoken was the whispered word "Lenore!"
VOA : special.2009.02.02
Gradually the musical tinkle of their bells disappears into the great silence of the mountains.
As the air traffic died down, I finally found silence deep enough to get lost in.
Of course, going to a gulag is an effective way to silence a scientist.
"silence"是个多义词，它可以指silence（周笔畅演唱歌曲）,silence（杨乃文1999年音乐专辑）,silence（小熊饼干乐队单曲）,silence（英语单词）,silence（Marshmello/Khalid合作歌曲）。