quiet down
collocation安静下来
The children finally quieted down after dinner.
孩子们晚饭后终于安静下来了。
使安静；使平静
quieted — past of quiet
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使安静；使平静
to make someone or something quiet
The mother quieted the crying baby by rocking him gently.
母亲轻轻摇晃哭闹的婴儿让他安静下来。
使(某人或某物)安静下来。
To cause (someone or something) to become quiet.
变得安静或平静。
To become quiet or calm.
quiet
Base
原形
quiets
3rd person
第三人称单数
quieting
-ing
现在分词
quieted
Past
过去式
quieted
Past participle
过去分词
She quiets the baby by singing softly.
她通过轻声唱歌使婴儿安静下来。
He is quieting the dog.
他正在让狗安静下来。
They quieted the crowd.
他们使人群安静了下来。
She tried to quiet her friend's fears with reassuring words.
她试图用安慰的话语平息朋友的恐惧。
After a few hours, the storm finally quieted.
几个小时后，暴风雨终于平静下来。
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安静下来
The children finally quieted down after dinner.
孩子们晚饭后终于安静下来了。
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。
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。
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。
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。
安静下来；使安静下来
The children finally quieted down after lunch.
孩子们午饭后终于安静下来了。
消除某人的担忧；使某人安心
The test results quieted her fears about her health.
检查结果消除了她对健康的担忧。
使心灵平静
She meditates every morning to quiet her mind.
她每天早上冥想以让心灵平静。
但我已使自己平静安静下来，我就像断奶的孩子在母亲身边；像断奶的孩子一样，我心满意足。
He quieted the crying baby by humming softly.
他轻声哼唱，让哭泣的婴儿安静下来。
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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。
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。
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。
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