Word · Frequency #112
still
寂静；宁静
a period of calm or silence
多用于文学或诗歌
- 1.
A period of calm or silence.
平静的时期；沉默的时期
- 2.
A device for distilling liquids.
蒸馏器
- 3.
a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
静态照片(尤指从电影中截取用于广告的)
- 4.
A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
(电影中的)单帧照片；剧照
- 5.
A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
用来泡茶和咖啡的大型烧水壶
- 6.
(poetic) tranquil silence
(诗意)宁静的寂静
- 7.
The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
(餐厅里)泡茶和咖啡的区域(与主厨房分开)
- 8.
an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
蒸馏液体的装置；由加热使物质汽化的蒸馏器及冷凝蒸汽的冷凝器组成
- 9.
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
蒸馏酒的地方；酿酒厂
剧照；静态照片；蒸馏器；酿酒厂；蒸馏厂；大锅炉；烧水器；茶水间；饮料准备区
In use
In the still of the night, the town seemed completely empty.
She loved the still of the early morning before anyone else woke up.
A deep still settled over the lake after the wind stopped.
he wanted some stills for a magazine ad
the still of the night
Connections
Collocations
- in the still of the night
- 在夜深人静时
- I heard a strange sound in the still of the night.我在夜深人静时听到了一个奇怪的声音。
- film still
- 电影剧照
- The book was filled with film stills from the 1950s.这本书里满是20世纪50年代的电影剧照。
- whisky still
- 威士忌蒸馏器
- The illegal whisky still was hidden in the woods.那个非法威士忌蒸馏器藏在树林里。
- still room
- （餐厅的）茶水间
- The waiter went to the still room to make fresh coffee.服务员去茶水间现煮咖啡。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the still of the night
- 夜的寂静；夜深人静时In the still of the night, the only sound was the wind outside.夜深人静时，唯一的声音是外面的风声。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象电影画面“定格”——静止的瞬间就是 a still（剧照）；蒸馏器也是静静工作，记住这个名词都和“静”有关。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：夜晚、文学作品、诗歌 作为名词表示“平静/寂静”时，通常出现在较正式或文学性的书面表达中，比较常见于固定搭配 the still of the night（夜晚的寂静）；日常口语中单独使用较少。
Pronunciation & Spelling
hill, bill, fill, mill, pill, will 都与 still /stɪl/ 押韵，因为它们都读 /ɪl/，且都含有拼写组合 -ill。注意 lookalikes：stile 和 style 都读 /staɪl/，虽拼写相似，但发音不同，并不与 still 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 5，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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