silenceとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
• 韻: -aɪləns

名詞

silence (usually uncountable, 複数形 silences)

1. The absence of any sound.

   When the motor stopped, the silence was almost deafening.

   • 1990, Martin L. Gore (lyrics かつ music), “Enjoy the Silence”, in Violator, performed by Depeche Mode:

     Words like violence break the silence / Come crashing in into my little world

2. The act of refraining from speaking.

   "You have the right to silence," said the police officer.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698:

     Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

   • D. Webster

     The administration itself keeps a profound silence.

3. Form of meditative worship practiced by the Society of Friends (Quakers); meeting for worship.

   During silence a message came to me that there was that of God in every person.

同意語

• quietness

派生語

関連する語

• silent

動詞

silence (三人称単数 現在形 silences, 現在分詞 silencing, 過去形および過去分詞形 silenced)

1. (transitive) To make (someone または something) silent.

   Synonym: mute

   Can you silence the crowd, so we can start the show?

2. (transitive) To repress the expression of something.

   Women, as well as children, have their thoughts or emotions routinely silenced.

3. (transitive) To suppress criticism, etc.

   Silence the critics.

   Silence the doubters.

   • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.

4. (molecular biology) To block gene expression.
5. (euphemistic) To murder.
   • 2013, Mark Shaw, The Poison Patriarch: How the Betrayals of Joseph P. Kennedy Caused the Assassination of JFK, →ISBN, page 150:

     They, and others through the years, believed Ruby must have acted on his own since there was no logic to the supposition that anyone could trust an uncontrollable, unreliable loudmouth like Ruby to silence Oswald.

派生語

• silencer

参考

• quiet, noise, loud, deaf, audible.

間投詞

silence

1. (imperative) Be silent.

   Silence! Enough of your insolence!

   • 2007 September 17, Spark of Insanity‎^[2], spoken by Achmed the Dead Terrorist (Jeff Dunham):

     (in response to laughter from the audience)
     Silence! I kill you!

同意語

• be quiet
• hush
• whist

アナグラム

• license, selenic