The crowd suddenly grew quiet.
觀眾突然靜了下來,可這醉漢像是很有把握似的。
新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 70 Red for danger

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suddenly ['s?d?nli] 詞頻1
adv. 意外地,忽然地;奄;勃;霍然;
?? sudden突然的 + ly ...地 → adv.突然地
"Suddenly he found himself awake and fully alert."
突然他發覺自己醒了過來,而且高度警覺。
近義:impromptu, inadvertently, abruptly, offhand, overnight, sharply 反義:progressively, slowly, sparingly, stingily, inchmeal, consecutively
quiet ['kwa??t] 詞頻1 詞根: qui
adj. 清靜的;僻靜的;不起眼的;不激動的; vt.& vi. 安靜下來,使…安靜,平靜; vt. 減輕(病痛、疑慮、恐懼等);[法律]確定(產權等); prep. 克制的,穩重的,不張揚的; n. 寧靜;寂靜; adv. 安靜地,平靜地;
?? qui “靜止,平靜”
近義:hush, appease, lull, assuage, mollify, pacify 反義:preoccupy, rattle, trouble, unnerve, upset, worry
crowd [kra?d] 詞頻1 詞根: cr-
n. 人群;群眾;一群; vi. 擁擠,聚集; vt. 擠滿;將…塞進;催逼;
?? 看見(c)一行(row) 擁擠的鹿(d)走近 人群
"The crowd had to stand behind barriers."
人群只好站在障礙物后面。
近義:huddle, swarm, throng, concentrate, jam, mob 反義:part, secede, split, empty, evacuate, person
grew [[gru:]] 詞頻1
grow的過去式

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