【silence音标】 英[ˈsaɪləns] 美[ˈsaɪləns]
【单词释义】 silence是什么意思：
n.[U]沉默，无言，无表示，无声，沉静，肃静，寂静，缄默；无音信，失去联系，忘却，湮没，无表示，无音讯；[乐]停止
vt.使安静；使沉默；压制
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] silences
[单词现在分词] silencing
[单词过去式] silenced
[单词过去分词] silenced
【关联词/派生词】
silent adj.沉默的；寂静的 n.无声电影
silently adv. 默默地；静静地；悄悄地；无声地
【silence形近词/近似词】
flatulence n.[U] 肠胃气胀
equivalence n. 相等，对等
ambivalence n.矛盾情绪；矛盾心理
turbulence n. [U] 骚乱，动荡；（空气或水的）湍流，紊流
pestilence n.瘟疫（尤指鼠疫）
opulence n. [U] 富裕；丰富
excellence n. 杰出，卓越
【单词例句】
◇ The first task, completed in silence, was completed in an average time of 20 minutes and 59 seconds. However, the second transcription exercise that involved music was completed in an average time of 17 minutes and 42 seconds; a difference of three minutes and 17 seconds, or 15%.
第一项在静默中完成的抄写任务，平均完成时间为20分59秒。而在听音乐时执行的第二个任务平均完成时间为17分42秒，相差3分17秒，即15%。
---- Listening to classical music at work boosts productivity
◇ From the depths of the canyon comes welling silence. Seldom can you hear the roar of the river.You cannot catch the patter. Like applause, from the leaves of the cottonwoods on the shelf-like plateau below you. For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space.
峡谷深处静寂无声。我们很少听见河水的咆哮声或下面壁架式高原上三角叶杨树发出鼓掌般的啪啪声。因为这一切声音都在这深渊的空间被吞没了。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ “It’s OK, I understand.” said the husband. Looking at this, the lawyer suggested a dinner together, just three of them, wife thought, why not, since they are still going be friends.At the dining table, there was a silence of awkwardness.
“没有关系，我理解。”她的丈夫有点悲伤地回答道。看到他们夫妇还有一线挽救的希望，律师于是建议他们三个人一起去吃顿晚餐。就他们三个人，老夫人想道，为什么不呢，反正他们很快就成为朋友了。餐桌上，这对夫妇沉默不语，尴尬的气氛顿时弥漫开来。
---- Life Together