quiet

中英例句：

1. His health has turned all the better for him after a quiet holiday abroad.
   在國外度過一個寧靜的假期，他的健康狀況有所好轉。
2. The quiet contentment of a well-fed child satisfied the tired mother.
   孩子餵飽後不哭不鬧的滿足狀使疲憊的母親很滿意。
3. Ask Tom to keep quiet.
   讓湯姆保持安靜。
4. When he quieted down, I began to tell him the truth.
   當他平靜下來時，我開始告訴他實情。

　

詞型變化：

名詞:quietness 副詞:quietly 形容詞比較級:quieter 最高級:quietest 動詞過去式:quieted 過去分詞:quieted 現在分詞:quieting 第三人稱單數:quiets 

詞意辨析：

quiet, calm, silent, still, noiseless, peaceful, serene

這些形容詞均含“平靜的，無聲無息”之意。
quiet: 普通用詞，指沒有喧鬧、活動或騷亂的寂靜狀態。
calm: 普通用詞，既可指天氣、海洋等的平靜狀態，又可指人的鎮定沉著、不慌亂，不受外界影響和情緒支配。
silent: 普通用詞，指緘默不語或無聲無息。
still: 指平靜而又安定的狀態。
noiseless: 指無任何噪音或不出聲，無聲無息。
peaceful: 普通用詞，指一種不受外物擾亂和刺激的內在寧靜或和平狀態。
serene: （詩）純靜，清朗。quiet

英文解釋：

名詞 quiet:

1. a period of calm weather
   同義詞：lull
2. an untroubled state; free from disturbances
   同義詞：tranquillity, tranquility
3. the absence of sound
   同義詞：silence
4. a disposition free from stress or emotion
   同義詞：repose, placidity, serenity, tranquillity, tranquility

動詞 quiet:

1. become quiet or quieter
   同義詞：quieten, hush, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
2. make calm or still
   同義詞：calm, calm down, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still

形容詞 quiet:

1. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity
2. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound
3. not showy or obtrusive
   同義詞：restrained
4. in a softened tone
   同義詞：hushed, muted, subdued
5. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves
   同義詞：placid, still, tranquil, smooth, unruffled
6. of the sun; characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sun spots e.g.

副詞 quiet:

1. with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
   同義詞：quietly