hush

hush

英 [hʌʃ]
　　美 [hʌʃ]

vt. 安靜；肅靜；緘默
　　n. 安靜；肅靜；沉默
　　vi. 沉默；安靜下來
　　int. 噓；別作聲

中文詞源：

hush 安靜，別說話

擬聲詞。

例句：

1. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.
部裡拼命想隱瞞整個事件。

2. The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.
保守黨政府很快就堵住瞭他的嘴。

3. The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up.
這一罪行如此卑鄙無恥，大傢都不想聲張出去。

4. I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.
我不得不打瞭馬克斯一耳光讓他閉嘴。

5. Apparently there's a very hush-hush project under way up north.
貌似這裡往北的地方有個非常機密的項目正在進行。