hush
英 [h??]
美[h??]
- vt. 安靜；肅靜；緘默
- n. 安靜；肅靜；沉默
- vi. 沉默；安靜下來(lái)
- int. 噓；別作聲
CET6+TEM4GRECET6低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?hushes;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?hushes;過(guò)去式:?hushed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?hushing;
助記提示
1. 擬聲詞.
2. hush..........哈?噓..........安?靜
2. hush..........哈?噓..........安?靜
中文詞源
hush 安靜，別說(shuō)話(huà)
擬聲詞。
英文詞源
- hush (v.)
- 1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed; hushing. The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hush up "suppress talk for secrecy's sake" is from 1630s. Hush-money is attested from 1709. Hush-puppy "deep-fried ball of cornmeal batter" first attested 1899; as a type of lightweight soft shoe, it is a proprietary name, registered 1961.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
- 部里拼命想隱瞞整個(gè)事件。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.
- 保守黨政府很快就堵住了他的嘴。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up.
- 這一罪行如此卑鄙無(wú)恥，大家都不想聲張出去。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.
- 我不得不打了馬克斯一耳光讓他閉嘴。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. Apparently there's a very hush-hush project under way up north.
- 貌似這里往北的地方有個(gè)非常機(jī)密的項(xiàng)目正在進(jìn)行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
