silent
英 ['sa?l?nt]
美['sa?l?nt]
- adj. 沉默的；寂靜的；無記載的
- n. 無聲電影
英英釋意
- 1. marked by absence of sound;
- "a silent house"
- "soundless footsteps on the grass"
- "the night was still"
- 2. failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
- "the witness remained silent"
- 3. indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed directly;
- "gave silent consent"
- "a tacit agreement"
- "the understood provisos of a custody agreement"
- 4. not made to sound;
- "the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor'"
- "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
- 5. having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility;
- "a silent dog whistle"
- 6. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness
