hush

Word family

hush1 /hʌʃ/ verb

n1. → hush

2 [transitiveT] writtenQUIET to make someone stop shouting, talking, crying etc 使安静（下来）

Ella asked them to hush their voices.

埃拉叫他们别作声。

3 [intransitiveI] writtenQUIET to stop shouting, talking etc 安静（下来）

The audience hushed as he stepped onto the stage.

他走上舞台，观众安静了下来。

4 hush something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v SECRETto prevent people from knowing about something dishonest or immoral 隐瞒，遮掩〔不诚实或不道德之事〕 SYN cover up

The whole affair was hushed up by the government.

政府隐瞒了整个事件。

Examples from the Corpus

hush up• I should only want to hush it up.• I was away at the time, so they decided to hush it up.• In fact I know about one occasion when it was robbed, though they've mostly hushed it up.• The Government hushed it up in the name of trade.

Examples from the Corpus

hush• Were a great talent to appear, all that sort of talk would be hushed.• The whole school would instantly become hushed and enthralled by the horror, watching.• Whatever we know about our neighbors is hushed and lulled by the deep repose.• I turned to Margaret but was hushed before I could open my mouth.• David hushed me. ""Sh-h-h. You're not allowed to speak in here.''• She gave up trying to hush the baby and took him outside.• Some of them waved their good lace hankies then hushed to silence at the way she spoke.

hush

1 spokenQUIET used to tell people to be quiet, or to comfort a child who is crying or upset 嘘〔用于叫人别出声或哄小孩子〕

Hush, now. Try to get to sleep.

嘘，别哭了。好好睡吧。

Examples from the Corpus

hush• Hush, Darby, stop it.• Hush, now. Try to get to sleep.

hush2 noun

1 [singular]QUIET a period of silence, especially when people are expecting something to happen 寂静，安静〔尤在人们期待某事发生时〕

A sudden hush fell over the crowd.

人群突然变得鸦雀无声。

2 a bit of hush British EnglishBrE spokenQUIET used to ask people, especially noisy children, to be quiet 安静一点〔尤用于要求吵闹的小孩〕

Let’s have a bit of hush, please, gentlemen.

先生们，请大家安静一点。

Examples from the Corpus

hush• Two men walked in and went up to the bar. A hush fell over the room.• The cries of protest are lost in thunderous applause, and then a hush descends.• A hush fell over the audience.• A hush would often fall over the crowd because there were no crashing chandeliers, no story.• The quietness sealed inside her room emanated as an invisible but pervasive hush.• The pious hush in there had been too much for them.• There was a sudden hush as the musicians came onto the stage.• For days this hush lay on the house like dust.

A ... hush fell over• A hush fell over the crowd and the meeting continued unhindered.• A hush fell over the room as the gathered guests looked on.• A hush fell over the room.

Origin hush1

(1500-1600) husht “silent, hushed” ((15-19 centuries)), from husht a word used to tell people to keep quiet

hush1 verbhushhush2 noun

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