Quiet

(adj.) of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g. .

(adj.) not showy or obtrusive; 'clothes in quiet good taste' .

(adj.) free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; 'a quiet audience at the concert'; 'the room was dark and quiet' .

(adj.) characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; 'a quiet life'; 'a quiet throng of onlookers'; 'quiet peace-loving people'; 'the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years' .

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• Which of them had a step so quiet, a hand so gentle, but I should have heard or felt her, if she had approached or touched me in a day-sleep? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• You made a quiet little round game of it, among a family group, and you played it out at leisure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Hush, hush, ma'am; pray keep yourself quiet,' replied the bodyguard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I would suggest that in the meantime, we remain perfectly quiet, and keep these matters secret even from Oliver himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• She said she would go, and take me with her, for the quiet and the fresh air. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He was quieter now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And then, nobody need to have a quieter death nor he had. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I have seen him, speaking from the front of his mouth with almost no movement of his lips in the way that is quieter than any whisper. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Ada and I, prepared to miss him very much, commenced our quieter career. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He did not laugh much, but he uttered in the quietest tone the wittiest things. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I have now been here nearly five months; and, moreover, the quietest five months I ever passed. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The testimony of the inhabitants also declares, that Shore Lane, after midnight, is one of the quietest and loneliest streets in London. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If it were the quietest, most familiar horse in the world, there would always be the chance of accident. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He was the quietest one of the four. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The influence of the fresh air, and the attraction of some flowers gathered from a grave, soon quieted the child. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She was an altered creature, quieted, stupefied, indifferent to everything that passed. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I was not the sort of woman whom it was quite safe to hunt into a corner--he knew that, and wisely quieted me with proposals for the future. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Compeyson's wife, being used to him, giv him some liquor to get the horrors off, and by and by he quieted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Now, is your mind quieted? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mrs. Snagsby and Mrs. Chadband are proceeding to grow shrill in indignation when Mr. Chadband quiets the tumult by lifting up his hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This liquid neutralizes the too abundant acids present in a weak system and so quiets and tones the stomach. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• It quiets me for a moment, but does not make me unhappy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was no longer a question of quieting my young lady's nervous excitement; it was a question of proving her innocence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The horses were coming back, through the gate, wet and sweating, the jockeys quieting them and riding up to dismount under the trees. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Remember what the doctor told you, Rachel, about quieting yourself with a book after taking your meals. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It's a matter of quieting Rachel's mind, answered Mr. Franklin gravely. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• After quieting Lady Glyde by the necessary assurances about her sister, I introduced my friends separately to her presence. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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