quietとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: kwī'ĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt/
• (weak vowel merger) enPR: kwī'ət, IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ət/
• 韻: -aɪət

形容詞

quiet (comparative quieter または more quiet, superlative quietest または most quiet)

1. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.

   I can't hear the music; it is too quiet.

2. Having little motion or activity; calm.

   the sea was quiet

   a quiet night at home

   all quiet on the Western front

3. Not busy, of low quantity.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.

   The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning.

   Business was quiet for the season.

4. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.

   He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers.

5. Not showy; undemonstrative.

   a quiet dress

   quiet colours

   a quiet movement

6. (software) Requiring little or no interaction.

   a quiet install

引用

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:quiet.

同意語

• (with little sound): See also Thesaurus:silent
• (having little motion): See also Thesaurus:calm
• (not busy): slow, unbusy
• (not talking): See also Thesaurus:taciturn
• (not showy): modest, plain, simple

反意語

• loud
• sounded
• vocal

動詞

quiet (三人称単数 現在形 quiets, 現在分詞 quieting, 過去形および過去分詞形 quieted)

1. (transitive) To cause (someone または something) to become quiet.

   Synonyms: quiet down, quieten

   Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise.

   The umpire quieted the crowd so the game could continue in peace.

   • 1631, Saint Augustine, “He Admires Gods Majesty, and is Inflamed with a Deepe Desire of Praising Him”, in William Watts, transl., Saint Augustines Confessions Translated: […], London: […] Iohn Norton, for Iohn Partridge […], →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 1, page 2:

     For thou haſt created us for thy ſelfe, and our heart cannot be quieted till it may fine repoſe in thee.

2. (intransitive) To become quiet or calm.

   Synonyms: quiet down, quieten

   When you quiet, we can start talking.

名詞

quiet (複数形 quiets)

1. The absence of sound; quietness.

   There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza.

   We need a bit of quiet before we can start the show.

2. The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility.
3. The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security.
   • 1593, anonymous, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act III:

     The King & his Nobles thinke they may ſleepe in quiet,
     Now they haue giuen vs a little holy water at the Court,
     But thers no ſuch matter, we be no ſuch fooles,
     To be bobd out with words and after come to hanging: […]

間投詞

quiet

1. Be quiet.

   Quiet! The children are sleeping.

関連する語

Further reading

• quiet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “quiet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• quiet at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “quiet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

アナグラム

• quite