Can you guess why the volcano is so silent?

你猜得透火山的缄默？

youdao

WHY do you sit there on the floor so quiet and silent, tell me, mother dear?

你为什么坐在那边地板上不言不动的，告诉我呀，亲爱的妈妈？

youdao

People have been wondering why I have been silent for so long, all I can say is that the time was not right.

人们一直想要了解为何我如此长久地维持着缄默，对此我只能说没有寻找到合适的时机。

youdao

Why were they so silent before and after the catastrophe?

WSJ: Charles Murray: Why Capitalism Has an Image Problem

We have no idea why she falls so heedlessly for this particular boy, who is virtually silent, or why anyone else does what he does.

NEWYORKER: ? Tout de Suite