silence
US: /ˈsaɪɫəns/
UK: /sˈaɪləns/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
silence /'sailidʤ/- danh từ
- sự lặng thinh, sự nín lặng
- silence gives consent: làm thinh là tình đã thuận
- to suffer in silence: chịu đau khổ âm thầm
- to put somebody to silence: bắt ai nín thinh; bác bỏ lý lẻ của ai;
- silence!: đề nghị yên lặng!
- tính trầm lặng
- sự im hơi lặng tiếng
- after five years' silence: sau năm năm im hơi lặng tiếng
- sự lãng quên
- to pass into silence: bị lãng quên, bị bỏ qua
- sự yên lặng, sự yên tĩnh, sự tĩnh mịch
- the silence of the night: sự tĩnh mịch của đêm khuya
- sự lặng thinh, sự nín lặng
- ngoại động từ
- bắt phải im, bắt phải câm họng
- to silence the enemy's batteries: bắt pháo địch phải câm họng
- to silence the best debaters: làm cho những vị tranh luận cừ khôi nhất cũng phải cứng họng
- bắt phải im, bắt phải câm họng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb, exclamation+ noun
1 [U] a complete lack of noise or sound: Their footsteps echoed in the silence. + A scream broke the silence of the night.
2 [C, U] a situation when nobody is speaking: an embarrassed / awkward silence + a moment's stunned silence + I got used to his long silences. + They finished their meal in total silence. + She lapsed into silence again. + There was a deafening silence (= one that is very noticeable). + a two-minute silence in honour of those who had died + Her accusations reduced him to silence. + He's not one to suffer in silence (= to suffer without telling sb)!
3 [U, sing.] ~ (on sth) a situation in which sb refuses to talk about sth or to answer questions: She broke her public silence in a TV interview. + The company's silence on the subject has been taken as an admission of guilt. + the right to silence (= the legal right not to say anything when you are arrested) + There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening (= everyone has agreed not to discuss it).
4 [U] a situation in which people do not communicate with each other by letter or telephone: The phone call came after months of silence.
Idioms: silence is golden (saying) it is often best not to say anything
more at PREGNANT
+ verb [VN] (written)
1 to make sb/sth stop speaking or making a noise: She silenced him with a glare. + Our bombs silenced the enemy's guns (= they destroyed them).
2 to make sb stop expressing opinions that are opposed to yours: All protest had been silenced. + Her recent achievements have silenced her critics.
Idioms see HEAVY adj.
+ exclamation (formal) used to tell people to be quiet: Silence in court!
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 quiet, quietness, stillness, soundlessness, noiselessness, calm, calmness, hush, quietude, tranquillity, peace, peacefulness, serenity:
The silence was so complete that I could hear my heart beating.
2 speechlessness, muteness, dumbness, reticence, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness:
Do not construe his silence as agreement.
v.
3 quiet, mute, hush, still, shush, calm, tranquillize, soothe, Chiefly Brit quieten:
The audience was silenced by the start of the overture.
4 mitigate, temper, mollify, take the sting out of, propitiate, pacify, blunt, suppress, repress, restrain, subdue, draw the fangs or teeth of, inhibit, put down, damp, mute, squelch, quash, emasculate, muzzle, muffle, shut off, gag, stifle, smother, deaden (the effect of):
Only a full account of what lay behind these events will silence criticism in the media.
Collocation
1 quietness
ADJ.
lengthy, long, prolonged | brief, momentary, a moment's, short
There was a moment's silence before she replied.
| deep, hushed | absolute, complete, dead, deadly, deathly, total, utter
We sat in complete silence, save for the ticking of the clock. A deathly silence hung over the town.
| shocked, stunned | awkward, embarrassed, embarrassing, strained, uncomfortable
An awkward silence followed.
| fraught, heavy, ominous, tense | brooding
She fell into long, brooding silences.
| stony, sullen | eerie | companionable
They walked in companionable silence.
| expectant, pregnant | sudden
VERB + SILENCE
maintain
She maintained a stony silence.
| break, interrupt, punctuate, shatter
Lewis finally broke the long silence between them. a silence punctuated only by the occasional sniff from the children
| lapse into, relapse into, retreat into, subside into, trail into (all only used about people)
He lapsed into a sullen silence.
| stun sb into
The boys were stunned into silence by this news.
| be met with
Her question was met with an uneasy silence.
| observe
(= as a sign of respect for the dead, etc.)A minute's silence for the victims will be observed.
SILENCE + VERB
descend, fall
A sudden silence fell over the room.
| hang, prevail, reign
Silence reigned.
| ensue, follow | deepen, grow, lengthen, spread, stretch
He thought for a moment, the silence lengthening.
PREP.
in (the) ~
They ate their breakfast in silence.
2 not saying anything about sth
ADJ.
deafening
The government's only response has been a deafening silence.
| dignified | deliberate
VERB + SILENCE
keep, maintain
He has so far kept a dignified silence on the subject.
PREP.
~ from
There seems to have been a deliberate silence from the newspapers.
PHRASES
a conspiracy/wall of silence
There is a conspiracy of silence about what is happening (= nobody is willing to talk about it).
| the right to silence
(= the right not to say anything when accused of a crime),
a vow of silence
She has broken her vow of silence on the issue.
ADV.
completely | effectively
Criticism has now been effectively silenced.
| quickly | abruptly, instantly
Her scream was abruptly silenced.
VERB + SILENCE
try to | manage to | fail to
Even these improvements to the service failed to silence a grumbling chorus of complaints.
PREP.
with
She silenced him with a glare.
Concise dictionary
silences|silenced|silencing'saɪlənsnoun
+the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking)
+the absence of sound
+a refusal to speak when expected
+the trait of keeping things secret
verb
+cause to be quiet or not talk
+keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
