adj.安静的；宁静的；平静的
n.安静；平静；闲适
vt.使平静；使安心
vi.平静下来
When you are in a library, you must be quiet. 当你在图书馆时,你必须保持安静。
Please keep quiet while others are studying. 在别人学习的时候,请保持安静。
His health has turned all the better for him after a quiet holiday abroad. 在国外度过一个宁静的假期，他的健康状况有所好转。
用作名词 (n.)Leave me alone. I just want some peace and quiet. 别理我,我只想安静一下。
There was such a world of hereditary quiet in her. 她身上有一种先天的娴静气质。
The cure for this lies in admitting the part of sane and quiet enjoyment in a balanced ideal of life. 解决的方法在于承认平衡的理想生活中健全闲适的享受的重要。
He was the bard of the farmers and workers of New England and his quiet verse mirrored the staid New Hampshire countryside. 他是新英格兰农民和工人的歌唱者，他的闲适的诗歌反映着新罕布什尔宁静的农村生活。
用作及物动词 (vt.)I am well aware that nothing else will quiet Tom. 我很清楚,别的任何办法都不能使汤姆罢休。
The principal tried to quiet the students. 校长试图让学生们安静下来。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)When he quieted down, I began to tell him the truth. 当他平静下来时，我开始告诉他实情。
quiet的基本意思是“静”,修饰事物时一般表示“静止不动的,没有声音的”。修饰人时一般表示“安静的”,修饰颜色、服装时一般表示“淡雅的”。
quiet在句中可用作定语、表语或状语。
quiet的比较级为quieter,最高级为quietest。
v.(动词)quiet用作名词的意思是“平静”,用作动词时意思是“使变得平静”,引申表示“使缓解”“使减轻”。用作及物动词时,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。用作不及物动词时,常与副词down连用。
n.(名词)quiet用作名词的意思是“安静,寂静,宁静”,是不可数名词。
