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IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160

silent

silent /ˈsaɪlənt/ adjective
silent
/ˈsaɪlənt/
adjective
Learner's definition of SILENT
: not speaking or making noise : quiet(人)安靜的,沉默的
always used before a noun, [more silent; most silent] : tending not to talk much沉默寡言的
: not having or making any sound or noise(事物)無聲的,寂靜的
always used before a noun : done, felt, or expressed without speaking不用言語表達的;無聲的
: giving no information about something or refusing to discuss something不提供情況的;拒絕談論的
grammar : written in the spelling of a word but not pronounced不發音的
always used before a noun of movies
: not having spoken dialogue(電影)無聲的,無對白的
: of or relating to movies that have no spoken dialogue無聲電影的

— silently

adverb
IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160

silent

1 of 2

adjective

si·​lent ˈsī-lənt How to pronounce silent (audio)
1
a
: making no utterance : not speaking or making noise
He was silent for a full minute, as he often is when answering a hard question. Nick Seitz
They all fell silent, looking rather scared. J. K. Rowling
b
: tending to speak very little : not loquacious
As a former silent person, part of me gravitates to talkers. Georgia Brown
When ABC's promos boast the crime unit portrayed here is not "your father's FBI," it's insinuating that dad's FBI agents were balding, nerdy guys or the stereotypical strong, silent types. Ken Parish Perkins
2
: free from sound or noise : still
The house was eerily silent.
3
: performed or borne without utterance : unspoken
silent prayer
silent grief
4
a
: making no mention
history is silent about this person
b
: not widely or generally known or appreciated
the silent pressures on a person in public office
c
: making no protest or outcry
the silent majority
5
: unpronounced
the silent b in doubt
6
medical
a(1)
: not exhibiting or producing the usual signs or symptoms of presence
silent urinary tract infections
A "silent stroke" has none of the warning signs of a larger stroke: severe headaches, dizziness, loss of motor skills. Often victims do not realize they have had strokes. Alisha Berger
(2)
: relating to or being an infectious disease or pathogen that spreads undetected within a population
Chlamydia can cause fertility problems for women, but is generally asymptomatic, meaning the infection presents no immediate symptoms, said Dr. James Gaskell, health commissioner for the Athens City-County Health Department. As a result, it spreads quickly in dense populations like college campuses, he said. "It's a silent spreader, if you will," Gaskell said. Sam Howard
b
: being, involving, or caused by an asymptomatic or presymptomatic infectious individual
silent spread/transmission of contagious disease
Since a novel coronavirus first made its presence known in China, public health officials around the world have had one fervent hope: That people who are infected but not sick would pass the virus to others only rarely. That would give these silent spreaders no more than a bit part in driving a global outbreak. That hope is in danger of being dashed. Melissa Healy
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a
: made without spoken dialogue
silent movies
b
: of or relating to silent movies
silently adverb
silentness noun

silent

2 of 2

noun

: a motion picture made without spoken dialogue
usually used in plural
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IELTS BNC: 2297 COCA: 2160
silent

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, seem沉默;看似安靜become, fall, go, grow變得安靜;陷入沉默The crowd fell silent as she began to speak.她開始說話時,人群安靜了下來。The room grew silent as the men entered.這些人一進來房間裏就變得鴉雀無聲。keep, lie, remain, sit, stand, stay保持沉默;一片寂靜;靜靜地坐着;一言不發地站着I could not keep silent any longer.我再也不能保持沉默了。The street lay silent and deserted.街上空無一人,一片寂靜。She sat silent throughout the meal.吃飯時她靜靜地坐着,沒說一句話。ADVERBabsolutely, completely, dead (informal, especially NAmE) , entirely, perfectly, totally, utterly寂靜無聲;鴉雀無聲;死一樣沉寂;萬籟俱寂;很安靜
almost, nearly, virtually幾近無聲The new bus is virtually silent.新公共汽車幾乎沒有噪聲。largely, mostly大部份人都保持沉默an issue about which the researchers are largely silent研究人員大都保持沉默的話題notably, remarkably尤其/特別安靜curiously, uncharacteristically, unusually稀奇地安靜;異樣地沉默;不尋常地安靜deadly, eerily, oddly, strangely, unnaturally死一樣地沉寂;可怕地沉寂;出奇地靜;反常地安靜The street was strangely silent.這條街道異常地安靜。ominously不祥地寂靜This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously silent.這個話題官方文件避而不談,不是個祥兆。resolutely, stubbornly堅決不作聲;固執地保持沉默Len remained resolutely silent.萊恩固執地一言不發。PREPOSITIONabout就⋯保持緘默They had kept remarkably silent about their intentions.對於他們的意圖,他們一直沒有透露過一個字。on對⋯隻字不提The report was silent on that subject.報告對那個問題隻字未提。

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