hush

• vt. 安静；肃静；缄默
• n. 安静；肃静；沉默
• vi. 沉默；安静下来
• int. 嘘；别作声

拟声词。

hush (v.)

1540s, variant of Middle English huisht (late 14c.), probably of imitative origin, with terminal -t lost probably by being mistaken for a past tense suffix. Hush-hush (adj.) is 1916 reduplication. Related: Hushed; hushing. The noun is attested from 1680s. As an interjection meaning "be quiet," attested by c. 1600. To hush (one's) mouth "be quiet" is attested from 1878. Hush up "suppress talk for secrecy's sake" is from 1630s. Hush-money is attested from 1709. Hush-puppy "deep-fried ball of cornmeal batter" first attested 1899; as a type of lightweight soft shoe, it is a proprietary name, registered 1961.

1. The Ministry desperately tried to hush up the whole affair.

部里拼命想隐瞒整个事件。

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2. The Conservative Government was only too quick to hush him up.

保守党政府很快就堵住了他的嘴。

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3. The crime was so base that everyone wanted to hush it up.

这一罪行如此卑鄙无耻，大家都不想声张出去。

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4. I had to box Max's ears to get him to hush.

我不得不打了马克斯一耳光让他闭嘴。

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5. Apparently there's a very hush-hush project under way up north.

貌似这里往北的地方有个非常机密的项目正在进行。

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