quiet
英 ['kwa??t]
美['kwa??t]
- adj. 安靜的；安定的；不動(dòng)的；溫順的
- n. 安靜；和平
- vt. 使平息；安慰
- vi. 平靜下來(lái)
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?quiets;過(guò)去式:?quieted;過(guò)去分詞:?quieted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?quieting;比較級(jí):?quieter;最高級(jí):?quietest;副詞:?quietly;名詞:?quietness;
中文詞源
quiet 安靜的
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)quies,靜止，平和，休息，來(lái)自PIE*kweie,休息，安靜，詞源同while,quit.
英文詞源
- quiet
- quiet: [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo-European base *qwi- ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English quiescent [17]). Its past participle quiētus has given English quiet (and its Siamese twin coy), quit, and quite, not to mention the derived forms acquit and requite.
=> acquit, coy, quit, quite, requite, tranquil, while - quiet (adj.)
- late 14c., "peaceable, at rest, restful, tranquil," from Old French quiet and directly from Latin quietus "calm, at rest, free from exertion," from quies (genitive quietis) "rest" (see quiet (n.)). As an adverb from 1570s. Related: Quietly; quietness.
- quiet (n.)
- c. 1300, "freedom from disturbance or conflict; calm, stillness," from Old French quiete "rest, repose, tranquility" and directly from Latin quies (genitive quietis) "a lying still, rest, repose, peace," from PIE root *kweie- (2) "to rest, be quiet" (cognates: Old Persian shiyati-, Avestan shaiti- "well-being;" Avestan shyata- "happy;" Gothic hveila, Old English hwil "space of time;" see while (n.)). Late 14c. as "inactivity, rest, repose."
- quiet (v.)
- late 14c., "subdue, lessen," from quiet (adj.) and in part from Latin quietare. From mid-15c. as "to make silent, cause to be quiet;" intransitive sense of "become quiet, be silent" is from 1791. Related: Quieted; quieting.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information.
- 房間很安靜，無(wú)人主動(dòng)提供更多的信息。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Jeremy wants some peace and quiet before his big match.
- 杰里米希望在大賽來(lái)臨之前能享受到些許平靜和安寧。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. The wine towns encountered are, on the whole, quiet and modest.
- 所到的酒鎮(zhèn)總的來(lái)說(shuō)都是寧?kù)o祥和的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. He was quiet, conscientious, a bit of a plodder.
- 他做事悶聲不響，小心謹(jǐn)慎，有點(diǎn)死氣沉沉的。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. I remember her as a quiet, hard-working and well-spoken girl.
- 我記得她是個(gè)安靜、勤奮并且談吐優(yōu)雅的女孩子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句