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quietly

【quietly音标】 英[ˈkwaɪətli] 美[ˈkwaɪətli]

【单词释义】 quietly是什么意思:

adv. 安静地;悄悄地,不张扬地;轻声地,低声地;轻轻地

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【关联词/派生词】

quiet   adj.安静的;轻声的 n.[U]安静;宁静 v.(使)安静,平静

quiescent   adj.静止的;静态的;休眠的;不活动的

quietness   n. [U] 平静,安静

【单词例句】

◇ He glanced, with a very critical eye, at all the flower-beds, and found that the flowers were seated quietly and demurely on their stalks, just as maidens should sit before they are engaged; but there was a great number of them, and it appeared as if his search would become very wearisome.
因此他就把她们都看了一遍。每朵花都是安静地、端庄地坐在梗子上,正如一个姑娘在没有订婚时那样坐着。可是她们的数目非常多,选择很不容易。

---- The Butterfly

◇ "Ah! we shall soon see that!" thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom,took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put three little peas on the bedstead.
“是的,这点我们马上就可以考查出来。”老皇后心里想,可是她什么也没说。她走进卧房,把所有的被褥都搬开,在床榻上放了三粒豌豆。

---- The Real Princess

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