quieten 详细解释

quieten

['kwaiətn]

v.平静下来

词形变化

动词过去式: quietened | 动词过去分词: quietened | 动词现在分词: quietening | 动词第三人称单数: quietens |

词义辨析

反义参见:

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英英释义

动词 quieten:

become quiet or quieter

同义词:hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down

make calm or still

同义词:calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, lull, still

cause to be quiet or not talk

同义词:hush, silence, still, shut up, hush up

补充

quietenquieten英:[ˈkwaiətn] 美:[ˈkwaɪɪtn]v.1.安静,抚慰

例句

1. Can't you quieten those children down?难道你不能让这些孩子安静一点吗? 2. His words quietened her suspicions.他的话消除了她的疑心。 3. You must quieten down when the teacher comes into the classroom.老师来到教室时你们必须安静下来。 4. They were quarreling for a long while and quietened down at last.他们吵了半天,最后才安静下来。 5. her mother was trying to quieten her.她妈妈试图让她平静下来。 6. [no obj.]things seemed to have quietened down.事情似乎已经平静下来。 7. When you've quietened down, I'll tell you what happened.等你情绪安定下来,我会告诉你发生了什么事。 8. trying to quieten (down) the crowd尽力让人群平静下来 9. The children quietened down after dinner.晚饭后孩子们安静了下来。