hush

• 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

擬聲詞。

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.

部裏拚命想隱瞞整個事件。

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

保守黨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.

這一罪行如此卑鄙無恥，大家都不想聲張出去。

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

我不得不打了馬克斯一耳光讓他閉嘴。

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

貌似這裏往北的地方有個非常機密的項目正在進行。

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