hush /hʌʃ/ CET6+ TEM4 ( hushing, hushed, hushes )

• 1. 

  CONVENTION You say "Hush!" to someone when you are asking or telling them to be quiet. 嘘！

  例：

  Hush, my love, it's all right.

  嘘，亲爱的，没事。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you hush someone or if they hush, they stop speaking or making a noise. 使安静下来; 安静下来

  例：

  She tried to hush her noisy father.

  她试图让吵吵嚷嚷的父亲安静下来。

• 3. 

  N-SING You say there is a hush in a place when everything is quiet and peaceful, or suddenly becomes quiet. 安静; (突然的) 寂静 [also no det]

  例：

  A hush fell over the crowd and I knew something terrible had happened.

  人群突然一片肃静，我便知道一定发生了什么可怕的事情了。

• 4. 

  V to run water over the ground to erode (surface soil), revealing the underlying strata and any valuable minerals present 用水清洗矿石

• 5. 

  N a gush of water, esp when artificially produced (尤指人造的)喷水