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silent /'sailsnt; 'sailant/ adj 1 making no or little sound; still; not accompanied by any sound: 声咅极小的; 寂静的; 无声的： a - prayer; MN： with ~ footsteps; 脚步轻悄地; the ~ running of a Rolls Royce car; 劳斯莱斯汽车跑起来声音非常小; a ~ film, without a sound track. 无轮电影; 默片。 2 saying little or nothing; giving no answer, views, etc: 沉默的; 寡言的： Do you know when to keep ~, say nothing, keep a secret? 你知道在什么时候该保持沉默吗？ You'd better be ~ about what happened. 你对于所发生的事最好不开口。 Her husband is the strong, ~ type. 她丈夫是个坚定、沉默型的人。 '~ partner, (US) (美) = sleeping partner. rsleep1 (1). 3 written but not pronounced: 彼出而不发音的： a ~ letter, eg d in doubt, w in wrong. 不发音的字母(如 doubt 中之 b, wrong 中之 w)o ~ly adv |