单词 | hushed |
释义 | hushed, ppl. a.|hʌʃt| Also 7–8 hush'd. See also husht. [Historically a continuation of the earlier adj. husht, but treated as the pa. pple. of hush v.1, after the appearance of the latter.] Reduced to silence; silenced, stilled, quieted.
1602Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 15 Vouchsafe me, then, your hush'd observances. 1670Dryden Conq. Granada i. i, No more; but hush'd as Midnight Silence go. 1709Steele Tatler No. 8 ⁋7 The Air was hushed, the Multitude attentive. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. vii. 183 No brethren of Saint Dominic inhabit the hushed and empty cells. 1898Daily News 8 Mar. 3/6 All spoke in hushed whispers. Hence hushedly |ˈhʌʃɪdlɪ| adv., in a hushed manner.
1851G. Meredith Poems, Song, Hushedly, mournfully, mistily up to the shore. 1892Le Gallienne Love's Worship, In morning meadows I have knelt to thee, In noontide woodlands hearkened hushedly. |

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