Mrs. Darling had put the children to bed in unwonted silence and lit their night-lights.

达琳太太在少有的沉默中让孩子们上床睡觉，并点亮了他们的夜灯。

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Night was deep and dead silence reigned everywhere.

夜深人静，一片死寂。

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The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence.

天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。

《新英汉大辞典》

And now at the dead hour of the night, in the horrible silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.

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Search and rescue teams toiled through the night, working in silence so as not to miss sounds of life.

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