It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.
?? 名句詞匯解析
從本句名言中提取的重要詞匯，幫助你深度理解這句話
adv. 真，真正;實在，果真;實際上;事實上;
?? real真實的+ly表副詞 →真正地
"Tom was really hungry and ate up everything served."
湯姆確實餓壞了,把端到桌上的東西吃得精光.
近義：honestly, indeed, just, authentically, particularly, properly
反義：hypocritically, insincerely, lyingly, meretriciously, misleadingly, untruthfully
n. 時期;（一段）時間;學時;句號;
adj. 具有某個時代特征的;（關于）過去某一特定歷史時期的;（家具、服飾、建筑等）某一時代的;
?? peri周圍，靠近+od道路→周期
"The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy."
軍事統治政權被推翻以后，接著是一段時期的無政府狀態。
近義：term, time, season, spell, bout, chapter
adj. 宗教的;神圣的;受崇敬的，值得崇敬的;有宗教性質的;
?? sacr神圣+ed...的 → 神圣的
"In Africa the snake is still sacred with many tribes."
非洲許多部落仍認為蛇是不可冒犯的.
近義：holy, sacral, consecrated, divine, hallowed
反義：immoral, impious, iniquitous, irreligious, obscene, piacular
adj. 中等的，中級的;普通的;平均的;半生熟的;
n. 媒介物，媒質;中間，中庸，[生]培養基，培養液，顏料溶解液，[數]中數，平均，[邏]中名辭;手段，方法;中間物;
?? medi中間+um表名詞→中間物，媒介
"the government's medium-term financial strategy"
政府的中期金融策略
近義：instrument, means, vehicle, psychic, mean, median
反義：highest, illustrious, appointed, leading, magnificent, marked
n. 沉默，無言，無表示，無聲，沉靜，肅靜，寂靜，緘默;無音信，失去聯系，忘卻，湮沒，無表示，無音訊;[樂]停止;
vt. 使安靜;使沉默;壓制;
?? 沉默死(si)冷(len-leng)廁(ce)無人知
"There was an awkward silence."
一陣令人尷尬的沉默。
近義：hush, lull, quiet, quieten, shush, still
反義：perturb, shake, agitate, disrupt, disturb, hullabaloo