silent  /s'ɑɪlənt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  silent
  (a.)沈默的,安靜的,寂靜的,矜持的,緘默的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Silent \Si"lent\, a. [L. silens, -entis, p. pr. of silere to be
     silent; akin to Goth. ana-silan.]
     1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly
        quiet.
  
              How silent is this town!              --Shak.
  
     2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute;
        taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
  
              Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most
              silent of men.                        --Broome.
  
              This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not
              silent.                               --Milton.
  
     3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind
        is silent. --Parnell. Sir W. Raleigh.
  
     4. (Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e
        is silent in ``fable.''
  
     5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. [R.]
  
              Cause . . . silent, virtueless, and dead. --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
  
     {Silent partner}. See {Dormant partner}, under {Dormant}.
  
     Syn: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See
          {Mute}, and {Taciturn}.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Silent \Si"lent\, n.
     That which is silent; a time of silence. [R.] ``The silent of
     the night.'' --Shak.

資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Partner \Part"ner\, n. [For parcener, influenced by part.]
     1. One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker;
        an associate; a sharer. ``Partner of his fortune.''
        --Shak. Hence:
        (a) A husband or a wife.
        (b) Either one of a couple who dance together.
        (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the
            management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.
  
                  My other self, the partner of my life. --Milton.
  
     2. (Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member
        of a partnership. See {Partnership}.
  
     3. pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an
        opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a
        mast, pump, capstan, or the like.
  
     {Dormant}, or {Silent}, {partner}. See under {Dormant}, a.
  
     Syn: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker;
          participator; companion; comrade; mate.

資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  silent
       adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
              footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn: {soundless},
               {still}]
       2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
          witness remained silent" [syn: {mum}]
       3: indicated by necessary connotation though not expressed
          directly; "gave silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the
          understood provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: {implied},
           {tacit}, {understood}]
       4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
          `honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
          [syn: {unsounded}]
       5: having a frequency below or above the range of human
          audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
       6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: {dumb},
           {mute}]