Word · Frequency #1437
quieted
使安静；使平静
quieted is the past of quiet.
to make someone or something quiet
- 1.
To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
使(某人或某物)安静下来。
- 2.
To become quiet or calm.
变得安静或平静。
变安静；安静下来；使(某人或某物)安静下来。；变得安静或平静。；平静下来；使平静
In use
The mother quieted the crying baby by rocking him gently.
She tried to quiet her friend's fears with reassuring words.
After a few hours, the storm finally quieted.
Verb forms
base quiet · third person quiets · -ing quieting · past quieted · past participle quieted
Connections
Collocations
- quiet down
- 安静下来
- The children finally quieted down after dinner.孩子们晚饭后终于安静下来了。
- quiet fears
- 平息恐惧
- The good news quieted fears about the economy.这个好消息平息了人们对经济的担忧。
- quiet a crowd
- 使人群安静下来
- The teacher quieted the crowd with a wave of her hand.老师挥了挥手，让人群安静下来。
- quiet the noise
- 消除噪音
- She tried to quiet the noise coming from the street.她试图消除街上传来的噪音。
- quiet opposition
- 压制反对声音
- The government moved quickly to quiet opposition to the new policy.政府迅速行动，压制对新政策的反对声音。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：喧闹的教室里，老师把食指放在唇边说‘quiet（嘘）’，所有人立刻安静下来。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面叙述 作动词时通常表示“使安静”或“安静下来”，在日常对话和书面叙述中都比较常见；表达“安静下来”时口语里也常说 quiet down。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 quiet（/ˈkwaɪət/）押韵的词有 riot（/ˈraɪət/）和 diet（/ˈdaɪət/），它们都以 /aɪət/ 结尾。注意形似词：quite（/kwaɪt/）看起来像 quiet，但它是单音节，末尾没有 /ə/；quit（/kwɪt/）的元音是 /ɪ/；quote（/kwoʊt/）的元音是 /oʊ/，这些都不与 quiet 押韵。
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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