Word · Frequency #1437
quiet
安静；寂静
the absence of sound; silence
- 1.
The absence of sound; quietness.
无声；安静。
- 2.
a period of calm weather
平静的天气时期
- 3.
The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
无运动；静止,宁静。
- 4.
an untroubled state; free from disturbances
无扰的状态；没有干扰
- 5.
The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
无干扰或麻烦；和平,安全。
- 6.
the absence of sound
没有声音
宁静；平静；安宁；安定；无风时期；风平浪静；无声；安静。；平静的天气时期
In use
After the storm, there was a peaceful quiet that settled over the town.
She enjoys the quiet of the early morning before anyone else wakes up.
The library is a place of quiet for studying.
the street was quiet
Connections
Collocations
- peace and quiet
- 安宁与平静
- I just need some peace and quiet to finish this work.我只是需要一些安宁与平静来完成这项工作。
- in the quiet
- 在安静中
- In the quiet of the morning, she could hear birds singing.在清晨的安静中，她能听到鸟儿的歌唱。
- quiet before the storm
- 暴风雨前的平静
- The calm was the quiet before the storm.那平静是暴风雨前的宁静。
- quiet of the night
- 夜晚的宁静
- He loved the quiet of the night for his walks.他喜欢夜晚的宁静来散步。
- break the quiet
- 打破寂静
- A sudden shout broke the quiet.突然的一声喊叫打破了寂静。
- enjoy the quiet
Learner notes
Memory Tip
'quiet'多了个't'，所以比'quite'更安静，因为多了一个停顿。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：weather、peacefulness、silence 作为名词时，通常用于描述天气（如a quiet after the storm）、心境的安宁或环境的无声状态，注册较为中性，但在文学或正式描写中更常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words that rhyme with quiet: riot, diet. Lookalikes that sound different: pilot (has /l/), quite (one syllable, no /ət/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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