英语词汇“quiet”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

quiet

例句

adjective | verb | noun

quietquiet1 /ˈkwaɪət/ adjective 1 a quiet voice or sound► quiet

not making a lot of sound:

“What about me?” Ahmed asked in a quiet voice.

Listening to quiet music can help you fall asleep.

► low

quiet in a way that does not annoy or interrupt people:

“Don’t wake him up,” said Ben in a low voice.

I turned the volume of the TV down low.

► soft

quiet and pleasant. You use soft especially about voices, music, and similar sounds:

Ellie’s voice was soft and calming.

It was a romantic dinner, with soft music and candlelight.

► faint

a faint sound is quiet and difficult to hear, especially because it comes from a long way away:

We heard the faint sound of a train in the distance.

► silent

not talking or not making any sound:

Anja was silent for a moment, wondering what to say next.

She said a silent prayer.

► hushed

if people talk in hushed voices or hushed tones, they talk quietly so that other people cannot hear:

Everyone in the library was speaking in hushed voices.

► inaudible (formal)

too quiet to hear:

I could see that he was saying something, but his comments were inaudible through the glass of the window.

ANTONYMS ➔ see loudADVERBS: quietYou can make the adjectives quiet, soft, faint, silent, and inaudible into adverbs by using an -ly ending: Music played quietly on the radio. | "Everything's all right," she said softly. | He turned away and looked silently out the window.2 a quiet place► quiet

not having much noise:

The house is very quiet when the kids are out.

The hotel is in a quiet street with hardly any traffic.

► silent

having no noise at all:

Everyone was asleep and the house was silent.

ANTONYMS ➔ see loud ➔ see peaceful for “describing places that are quiet and calm” ➔ see Describing Sounds and Voices

adjective | verb | noun

quietquiet2 /ˈkwaɪət/ verb also quiet down (formal)► quiet also quiet down (formal)

to become calmer and less noisy:

When the crowd had quieted, he started to speak.

Quiet down, everyone, or you won’t be able to hear what I’m saying.

► become quiet

to stop speaking or making any noise:

The class became quiet when the teacher began reading the story aloud.

► fall silent

to suddenly stop talking and become quiet. Fall silent is used mainly in books:

Everyone fell silent as she walked into the room.

► fade also fade away

if a sound fades or fades away, it slowly becomes quieter until you cannot hear it:

At the end of the song, the music fades away.

► die down

if shouting, music, laughter, etc. dies down, it becomes quieter after being very loud:

The talking and laughter died down, and Mendez was able to speak.

► lower your voice

to start speaking more quietly because you do not want other people to hear:

Peter lowered his voice and leaned toward Linda.

adjective | verb | noun

quietquiet3 /ˈkwaɪət/ noun ➔ see peace, silence

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