Silent

(adj.) having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility; 'a silent dog whistle' .

(adj.) not made to sound; 'the silent `h' at the beginning of `honor''; 'in French certain letters are often unsounded' .

(adj.) implied by or inferred from actions or statements; 'gave silent consent'; 'a tacit agreement'; 'the understood provisos of a custody agreement' .

(adj.) marked by absence of sound; 'a silent house'; 'soundless footsteps on the grass'; 'the night was still' .

手打:波莱特

• It was not good for him to talk too much, and when he was silent, we were silent too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• In a moment, laying his finger on his lips, he made a silent gesture to Miss Ophelia to come and look. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• You are silent, he pursued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• How silent, how lifeless! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• After this strange speech, she lay silent for some time. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Holmes had listened to his story with the utmost attention, and now he sat for some time in silent thought. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He became very confused and silent. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• His confession was silent, and her promise of faithfulness was silent. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She sat silent, without a movement or a tremor of her lashes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The journey was likely to be a silent one. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He still sat silent, when Louisa mildly said: 'Rachael, you will not distrust me one day, when you know me better. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• She spoke so modestly and softly and her trembling hand expressed such agitation as it moved to and fro upon the silent notes! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Fanny was silent; but not from being convinced that there might not be a remedy found for some of these evils. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Again he was silent, and after a pause turned to me laughingly. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She stood silent, resting her thin elbows on the mantelpiece, her profile reflected in the glass behind her. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• And when it tore him he crouched in silent subjection under it, and when it left him alone again, he refused to know of it. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She was silent awhile. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He replied, and was again silent. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He was silent with cold passion of anger. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But on the subject of Count Fosco (who interests me infinitely more than his wife), Laura is provokingly circumspect and silent. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Silent, only for a moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Bradley looked at the fire, with a working face, and was silent for a while. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• What the servants chiefly resented, I think, was her silent tongue and her solitary ways. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We were silent again, and remained so, until the Doctor rose and walked twice or thrice across the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The tutor and pupil were silent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why are you silent, Jane? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The Count, who had watched Laura and me with a close and silent attention, interposed for the second time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The gloomiest problem of this mysterious life was constantly before his eyes,--souls crushed and ruined, evil triumphant, and God silent. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• We beg them to drop a silent tear, and pass on. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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