quiet down

英 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]

美 [ˈkwaɪət daʊn]

（使）安静; （使）平静下来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)安静;(使)平静下来
  If someone or somethingquiets downor if youquietthemdown, they become less noisy or less active.
  1. Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly...
     一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
  2. Try gradually to quiet them down as bedtime approaches.
     临近就寝的时候，要尽量让他们渐渐安静下来。

in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 quieten down

英英释义

verb

• become quiet or quieter
  1. The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
  Synonym:quietenhushquietquiescepipe down

双语例句

• The father asked the children to quiet down because the baby was sleeping.
  父亲要孩子们安静下来，因为宝宝正在睡觉。
• How did you get him to quiet down?
  你是怎么把他给摩挲顺了的？
• Isolation and loneliness, this pair of twins, people in the impulse in the quiet down and sink quietly thinking.
  孤独和寂寞，这一对孪生子，让人于冲动中沉静下来，静静的沉入思索。
• Sings happiness, the things quiet down.
  唱幸福、曲终人散。
• Quiet down, please. I have an announcement to make.
  请安静下来，我要宣布件事。
• To quiet down the battle between sexes, human beings must overcome selfishness and greed and realize the equality, mutual aid and harmonious co-existence of both sexes.
  人类要平息两性纷争，就必须克服本性中的自私和贪欲，实现两性之间的平等互助和谐共存。
• Once the vote was taken, things quieted down quickly
  一旦投完票，事情便很快平息了下来。
• Classroom immediately quiet down and come up with the heroic men were busy "shield"-book.
  教室立刻安静下来，英雄好汉们忙拿出“挡箭牌”――书。
• "His voice would not quiet down," he said.
  “他的声音不安静下来，”他说。
• You just quiet down, my gosling.
  你安静下来，我的小鹅。