quiet /ˈkwaɪət/ CET4 TEM4 ( quieting, quieted, quieter, quiets, quietest )

• 1. 

  ADJ Someone or something that is quiet makes only a small amount of noise. 轻声的; 安静的

  例：

  Tania kept the children reasonably quiet and contented.

  塔妮娅把孩子们料理得安心而满足。

• 2. 

  quietly ADV 轻声地; 安静地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  "This is goodbye, isn't it?" she said quietly.

  “这就算告别了，不是吗？”她轻声地说道。

• 3. 

  ADJ If a place is quiet, there is very little noise there. 寂静的

  例：

  She was received in a small, quiet office.

  她在一间寂静的小办公室里受到接见。

• 4. 

  quietness N-UNCOUNT 寂静

  例：

  I miss the quietness of the countryside.

  我怀念农村的寂静。

• 5. 

  ADJ If a place, situation, or time is quiet, there is no excitement, activity, or trouble. 平静的; 清静的

  例：

  ...a quiet rural backwater.

  …一个清静的乡间隐蔽处。

• 6. 

  quietly ADV 平静地; 清静地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  His most prized time, though, will be spent quietly on his farm.

  不过，他最珍贵的时光将在自己的农场上平静地度过。

• 7. 

  N-UNCOUNT Quiet is silence. 安静

  例：

  He called for quiet and announced that the next song was in our honour.

  他要求静下来，并宣布下一首歌是献给我们的。

• 8. 

  ADJ If you are quiet, you are not saying anything. 不出声的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  I told them to be quiet and go to sleep.

  我叫他们不要说话，去睡觉。

• 9. 

  quietly ADV 不出声地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Amy stood quietly in the doorway watching him.

  艾米一声不响地站在门口看着他。

• 10. 

  ADJ A quiet person behaves in a calm way and is not easily made angry or upset. 冷静的; 不易动怒的

  例：

  He's a nice quiet man.

  他是个冷静的好男人。

• 11. 

  V-T/V-I [美国英语] →see quieten, quieten

• 12. 

  PHRASE If you keep quiet about something or keep something quiet, you do not say anything about it. 保守秘密

  例：

  I told her to keep quiet about it.

  我叫她对此保守秘密。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If something is done on the quiet, it is done secretly or in such a way that people do not notice it. 秘密地

  例：

  She'd promised to give him driving lessons, on the quiet, when no one could see.

  她答应在无人看见时秘密地给他上驾驶课。