hush
v
1
(a) [I] become silent 安静下来
Hush! ie Be quiet! 肃静!
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
make (sb) silent or calm; quieten (sb) 使(某人)安静下来或平静下来
He hushed the baby to sleep. 他把婴儿哄得安然入睡.
2 (phr v) hush sth up prevent sth from becoming generally known, esp sth shameful 防止某事物(尤指丑闻)张扬出去
The government hushed the affair up to avoid a public outcry. 当局对此事秘而不宣, 以免引起公众抗议. hush, n [U, sing]
stillness; silence 安静; 寂静
in the hush of the night 在夜的寂静中
There was a sudden deathly hush. 突然间周围像死一般寂静.
Maori believe that the spirit stays with the body for three days, so during this time someone always stays with the dead person.
毛利人相信人死之后灵魂还会附体3天,因此在这段时间里一直有人守候着死者。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.