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quiet
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🇺🇸 /kwˈaɪʌt/
quiet 的核心意思是“安静、平静、少受打扰”,既可描述声音和活动很少,也可描述人不多话、事物不张扬,或表示让某人安静下来。
💡 记忆钩子
把 quiet 想成一片没有被打扰的水面:声音少,是“安静”;动作和活动少,是“平静、冷清”;人少说话,是“沉静”;外表不抢眼,是“不张扬”。这个核心还可以延伸为让别人恢复这片安静,或直接用来要求“安静!”。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“安静、平静”和“让……安静”这条主线,再记“不多话”“不张扬”等延伸义。
- 不要把 quiet 只理解成“没有声音”;它也常描述活动少、场面平静,或人的性格沉静。
- 注意 quiet 和 quite 不是同一个词:前者与安静、平静有关,后者通常表示“相当、很”。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 声音很小📖 表示几乎没有声音,或声音小到不容易听见,是 quiet 最直接、最常见的意思。💡 常用结构是 be quiet、keep/stay quiet,或 a quiet + 地点;要求别人别出声时可以说 Keep quiet。它既可表示自然安静,也可表示主动不发出声音;不要误用成只指“没人说话”,因为机器和环境也可以 quiet。The library is quiet in the early morning.图书馆一大早很安静。Please keep quiet while the baby is sleeping.宝宝睡觉时请保持安静。
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core 活动少而平静📖 把“没有被打扰”的感觉从声音扩展到动作和活动:海面、天气或场面都可以 quiet,表示平静、不喧闹。💡 常用结构是 a quiet + 地点/时段,或 the sea/weather was quiet;quiet morning 也很常见。这里不一定完全没有声音,而是整体缺少剧烈变化或骚动。中文说“安静的海”时可以用 quiet,但谈天气时也要根据语境考虑 calm。The lake is quiet after the storm.暴风雨过后,湖面很平静。We had a quiet evening at home.我们在家度过了一个安静的夜晚。
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common 不忙、数量少📖 表示某段时间或某个地方事情、客流或交通不多,因此显得冷清或不繁忙。💡 常用结构是 business/traffic/the shop is quiet,或 It is quiet for + 时间;quiet Monday 表示“周一也不忙”。这里通常说的是暂时的忙闲程度,不等于这个地方永远冷清。The restaurant is quiet tonight, so we can get a table easily.这家餐厅今晚客人不多,所以我们很容易就能找到座位。
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common 少说话、声音不大📖 形容人平时不爱说话,或说话声音轻,不主动成为谈话中心;重点是表现沉静,不一定是害羞。💡 常用结构是 a quiet person/man/child,或 someone is quiet in class;说 quiet around + 人可表示在某人身边话少。描述性格时不要把它当作“不会说话”或“没有意见”,也不要和表示暂时不说话的 silent 完全混同。My new colleague is quiet at first but very friendly.我的新同事一开始话不多,但很友好。
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common 不张扬📖 表示外表、颜色、行为或表达方式低调,不刻意吸引注意;它仍然保留“少受打扰、不喧闹”的核心感觉。💡 常用结构是 a quiet + 服装/颜色/方式,或 make a quiet statement;quiet colors 通常指柔和、不抢眼的颜色。这里不是说东西没有特点,而是说它不通过夸张来吸引注意。She chose a quiet blue dress for the meeting.她为会议选了一条低调的蓝色连衣裙。
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rare 无需太多互动📖 在技术语境中,quiet 表示运行或安装时几乎不需要用户操作,也通常不会不断显示提示;这是“少受打扰”在软件中的延伸。💡 常用结构是 a quiet install/operation,或 run something in quiet mode;它是技术用语,不能随意替换普通语境中的 silent。具体是否完全不显示信息要看软件说明,因此不要把 quiet 自动理解为“完全无提示”。
quieter
comparative
more quiet
comparative
quietest
superlative
most quiet
superlative
intj
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core 安静!📖 这是一个直接让人停止说话或降低声音的命令,正是“恢复安静”这个核心画面的最短表达。💡 常用模式是 Quiet! 或 Quiet, please;若想更礼貌,可用 Please be quiet。它常带有不耐烦或权威感,和朋友开玩笑时也要注意语气。Quiet! The meeting is about to begin.安静!会议马上就要开始了。
noun
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core 无声、安静📖 指周围没有声音,或声音突然消失后的安静状态,是形容词 quiet 名词化后的基本用法。💡 常用模式是 the quiet of the room/night 或 a deep quiet;通常需要限定词,不能像形容词那样随意直接修饰名词。要表达完全没有任何声音时,silence 往往更强。We enjoyed the quiet of the countryside.我们享受乡间的宁静。
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core 静止、平和📖 指没有明显动作或变化的平静状态,例如风浪停歇、环境安稳;它承接了“没有被打扰”的核心意思。💡 常用结构是 a period of quiet 或 return to quiet;它多用于书面或较有描写性的表达。不要把这个名词义只限于声音,因为上下文可能强调的是活动和动荡停止。After the festival, the town settled into a welcome quiet.节日过后,小镇恢复了令人舒心的平静。
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common 安宁、没有纷扰📖 指没有争端、麻烦或危险的安稳状态,常带有“终于可以安心”的意味。💡 常用结构是 live/sleep in quiet 或 leave someone in quiet;这种用法偏书面或较旧式,日常对话中常用 peace and quiet。不要把它理解成单纯的“声音小”,因为重点是没有纷扰。They moved to the village hoping to live in quiet.他们搬到村里,希望过上安宁的生活。
quiets
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verb
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core 使……安静📖 表示主动消除声音或骚动,让人、动物或环境回到安静状态,是把那片“没有被打扰的水面”带回来的动作。💡 常用结构是 quiet + 人/动物/声音,或 quiet someone down;quiet the crowd 表示让人群安静下来。它可以表示劝止,也可以表示通过行动降低噪声;不要漏掉及物用法中的宾语。transitiveThe teacher tried to quiet the class before the test.考试前,老师试图让全班安静下来。
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common 安静下来📖 表示声音、活动或情绪逐渐平息,状态从喧闹或激动回到平静。💡 常用结构是 quiet down,主语通常是人群、孩子、风浪或情绪;quiet without down 也能使用,但较少见或更有文学色彩。它强调过程,不只是描述已经安静的状态;不要把它和 calm down 在所有语境中完全互换。intransitiveThe crowd quieted down when the speaker arrived.演讲者到来后,人群渐渐安静了下来。
quiets
present,singular,third-person
quieting
participle,present
quieted
participle,past
quieted
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 13 组
(of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots
同义词集:
quiet
反义: active
with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly'); ;
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quietly
quiet
her hands rested quietly in her lap
the rock star was quietly led out the back door
sit here as quiet as you can
(of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves; ; ; ; ;
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placid
quiet
still
tranquil
smooth
unruffled
a ribbon of sand between the angry sea and the placid bay
the quiet waters of a lagoon
a lake of tranquil blue water reflecting a tranquil blue sky
a smooth channel crossing
scarcely a ripple on the still water
unruffled water
近似: calm
in a softened tone; ; ;
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hushed
muted
subdued
quiet
hushed voices
muted trumpets
a subdued whisper
a quiet reprimand
近似: soft
make calm or still
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calm
calm down
quiet
tranquilize
tranquillize
tranquillise
quieten
lull
still
quiet the dragons of worry and fear
反义: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on
上位: comfort, console, solace, soothe
下位: appease, assuage, assure, compose, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, reassure
not showy or obtrusive
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quiet
restrained
clothes in quiet good taste
free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound;
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quiet
a quiet audience at the concert
the room was dark and quiet
反义: noisy
近似: silent, soundless, still
参见: inaudible, soft, unhearable
characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; ; ;
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quiet
a quiet life
a quiet throng of onlookers
quiet peace-loving people
the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years
参见: peaceable, peaceful, tame
become quiet or quieter
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quieten
hush
quiet
quiesce
quiet down
pipe down
The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
a disposition free from stress or emotion
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repose
quiet
placidity
serenity
tranquillity
tranquility
上位: calm, calmness, composure, equanimity
the absence of sound;
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silence
quiet
he needed silence in order to sleep
the street was quiet
反义: sound
下位: hush, still, stillness
an untroubled state; free from disturbances
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tranquillity
tranquility
quiet
上位: order
a period of calm weather
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lull
quiet
there was a lull in the storm
上位: calmness
🌳 词源
源自中古英语,来自古法语和拉丁语,最初与“休息、保持安静”有关;现代英语中表示“声音很少”的意义在很大程度上取代了本族语词 still 的相应用法。
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
🔄 变式
more quiet
compar
most quiet
superl
quieted
past
quieter
compar
quietest
superl
quieting
present
quiets
plural
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